Ben Fountain Quotes
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst -
Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
Victor Garber -
I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
Halsey -
Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It happens by getting together and taking the time to know each other.
Patrick Lencioni -
No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
Gary Allan
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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
F. L. Lucas -
I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
Natalie Dormer -
I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
Ian Mckellen -
The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
Narendra Modi -
I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
Gary Lineker -
Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
Kareena Kapoor Khan
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
Cameron Mackintosh -
When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
Wendy Kopp -
I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
Larry David -
People that don't know me get 'Mossed'. It means, I was gonna go home, but then I just got led astray. In the best possible way, of course. I mean, it's always fun, and a good time.
Kate Moss -
And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
Pam Grier -
Love is a credulous thing.
Ovid
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I was Paul Schrader's assistant for six months before I went to film school, and he's very much about knowing what's going to happen on every page before you even start writing dialogue - the entire plot and character arcs are mapped out.
Jonathan Levine -
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach -
Mere enthusiasm is the all in all.
William Blake -
My priorities are to make sure we get the prescription drug bill, that we fund the research in NIH adequately, and that we fund the Center for Disease Control adequately.
Ralph Regula -
Teach your kids emotional intelligence. Help them become more evolved than you are. Explain that, for instance, not everyone will like them.
Pamela Druckerman -
I never listen to music when I'm writing.
Ben Fountain