Arjun Rampal Quotes
When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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Women are just so much tougher and more patient than men are - their capacity for empathy blows me away. And their capacity to deal with stress for long periods of time is also kind of awe inspiring.
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In my students, I'm always dispelling the notion that characters come like a light bulb over the head in cartoons. For me, it's like a shapeless big lump of clay. You just build it into something, and then you step back and go, 'That's not right,' hack it apart, put out a new arm, and say, 'Maybe this will walk around and work.'
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.
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There's no unifying brand about me other than I'm a writer who shares my thoughts. Sometimes my thoughts are designed to help people, and other times, my thoughts are designed to change the political system and challenge those who need a good fight.
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When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.
