Leigh Steinberg Quotes
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.
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As an individual, I need space and can't be locked in a house with strangers. I would do 'Bigg Boss' if I get to co-host it with Salman Khan.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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Black America knows better than anyone else the high price children pay for the sexual agendas of adults.
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Almost every character I've ever played - and sometimes this is very conscious and sometimes it's not - I need to find what they love.
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A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.
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Virgin America flyers tend to be more likely to be using a mobile device and tapping social networks - even at 35,000 feet.
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With a face like mine, I'm never going to play a character who conquers the universe, I'm going to play characters who are subject to forces bearing down on them. My career's based on how we are rather than how we wish we were - they get the good-looking boys in for that kind of role.
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You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.
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When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.
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If we just made one movie, 'The Hobbit,' the fact is that all the fans, the eight-, nine- and 10-year-old boys, they would watch it 1,000 times. Now, they've got three films they can watch 1,000 times.
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The Bay Area definitely knows the pain of competing for, and retaining, top talent. Offering interesting perks has become a necessity, not a nice-to-have.
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Stay well away from the enemies of Allâh during their festivals.
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The greatest poverty in America today is time poverty. People have money, but they don't have time.
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Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.
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Filming movies and TV are vastly different. Film is more of slower pace. You usually have more time to develop characters, and it sometimes takes up to 3 months to film one movie. Sometimes you'll spend half the day filming one scene. TV moves much faster. It takes about 10 days to film an episode.
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I was in school, but I wasn't into school. I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing in school, which was film studies. That was what I intended on doing, but I didn't go away to a university because I wanted to stay in L.A. and audition while I took classes, so I elected to go to a community college and just take G.E. courses. It was terrible.
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I ran track, and basically played every sport.
