Leigh Steinberg Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.
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Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.
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As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.
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The public has an incredible capacity for appreciating the wonder of our planet, our solar system, our universe.
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People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.
