Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Quotes
Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again - for the same reason.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I don't know what will happen to the physical book and what it will mean for authors. I worry whether it will mean people can still make their careers this way. Will whatever comes next allow people to be able to own their ideas and be able to take time to develop them?
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I believe the director's primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created.
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Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again - for the same reason.
