Edgar Wright Quotes
Usually, if you read a script by somebody else and there's a dense page of stage directions, people just skip through it or speed read it.
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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A lot of cats are not that social.
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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I've had many ideas come from clients.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?
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To spend too much time in studies is sloth.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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Free government is self-government. A government of the people by the people. The best government of this sort is that which the people think best.
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Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections, their interest, and their resentments, just as humanity is moved today.
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Usually, if you read a script by somebody else and there's a dense page of stage directions, people just skip through it or speed read it.
