Beau Willimon Quotes
Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.
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I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
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If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.
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You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
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The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.
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I rode a horse into a tree. I did. But I'm okay. Horses are naturally meant to avoid trees. This one didn't.
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Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.
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I'm interested in clothes in the way that other people are interested in cars.
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Some people would call me a workaholic. I don't consider this time: I just love my work so much, so it's my real hobby, OK? And, yeah, getting some play during working hours for which you are paid is the best job I can recommend for anyone around!
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It was my mom who told me, "Ernie, if you make even one person happy with your smile or a funny thing you did every day, you'll have accomplished a great deal." And that's all I've ever tried to do.
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Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.
