Ashley Scott Quotes
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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A good leader must be fair.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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I've always looked at filmmaking as a lifestyle. There is no decision of when you go to work. It's a way of life: you're thinking about scripts; you see things and think, 'That could be interesting'... I don't think about my work as, 'Today I'll work on this, this and that.' It just comes to me.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
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I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.
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If you can't be funny, be interesting.
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I like America, where believers eddy around each other like currents of air. Even our atheists are devout! To be an American is to be a believer. I don't have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people.
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The weird thing is, I'm very private.
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I never had any big dreams about doing something on a huge scale.
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Sometimes it feels as if the artist hasn't done the real work of engaging with the material. Film noir can't just play off looks and attitudes. A thriller needs a dose of genuine suspense. It does not have to be literal, but it does have to feel genuine. Otherwise the artist is just leeching off the form.
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You know what, we're very skinny in our family.
