Samuel Goldwyn Quotes
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about it. And I've never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music.
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I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
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I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I continue to play aliens, so there's obviously something there.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of me, and that someday I would arrive at it.
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To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'
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On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
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Treat your friends as you do your best pictures, and place them in their best light.
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I knew I'd have to go to Paris eventually, and I didn't want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, 'I want to act.'
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We keep secrets from ourselves that all along we know.
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If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.
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Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
