- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Way Quotes
Quotes on finding your own way.
These quotes describe the 'way' things really work - a blunt take on how managers actually get ahead in their careers, and a tongue-in-cheek trick for looking fit without the work. Related reading includes Best Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Down syndrome kids can learn. Like Corky. That's the way I feel about it... For those kids who have Down syndrome, to give them a chance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the guys who strummed acoustic guitars at parties were the ones who got the attention. So I asked a friend to show me a few chords, and when I moved to L.A. I spent a lot of time practicing my guitar.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
As actors, we're so used to the axe falling, and then we all go our separate ways. I can tell you, the feeling amongst the cast in 'Nashville' is, we don't feel like we're done. It feels like, in some way, we're just hitting our stride.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny - I was a big fan of 'The Sopranos.' It became kind of a threat to 'The X-Files' in a way because they could play with language, character, and story in ways that we never could because of the limitations of network television.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got to do Disney Sunday movies. I got to do a TV pilot there. And it really helped me to realise that I needed to not just be a writer, but a producer, to see my work up on the screen the way I wanted it to look and play.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don't know how you're going to get there. When people say, 'You should create a bible for your show,' I say, 'You don't want a bible. It'll prevent you from making discoveries along the way.' And that's what happened on 'The X-Files.'
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will make no apologies, ever, for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folks to be able to do that, not fewer, and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way. As president, that is exactly what I'll do.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was made fun of a lot in high school because of the way I sound and the way I was.
- Affection
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have enormous affection for Bill Simmons and not just in an abstract way but a very specific way.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stories that engaged me as a kid were all science fiction. Later, it turned out that I didn't have the language to talk about what was bothering me in a way that was straightforward.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020