Andy Weir Quotes
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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There is no one true church.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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Michel Gondry's 'Green Hornet' was another franchise flick that felt like it came out of left field - I thought in a good way, but most audiences disagreed.
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I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism.
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Just being an ape is a workout.
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If Harry Connick Jr. wants to call me and ask me to join his band, that would be fine with me. I'm happy, but if he calls, I would pick up.
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In the past, I've thrown myself into work so much there's been very little room for anything else.
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A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.
