Joe Eszterhas Quotes

From what I've been able to determine, many of our big stars are addicted to tobacco. They want to smoke in movies for the same reason I smoked as I wrote, which is that they think their performance is going to be better.

Joe Eszterhas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: hungarian
  • Birth: November 23, 1944

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I think it's very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to finish things... they also need to learn to respect you. You as an individual, ultimately, are the captain of where you're going.

Angela Duckworth

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My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like a girl without a country. I have put down roots quite firmly by now, but in the process, I have discovered the joys of research and am probably hooked.

Jean Fritz

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Through my writing, I have made new friends and continued to learn about this world of ours in all its wonder, with all its challenges.

Sonia Levitin

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I was the seventh child in a family of eight siblings. We lost our father very young, and my mother had pretty much single-handedly brought us up.

Shiv Nadar

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I also rise today in strong support of forward movement on the implementation of health information technology, which has the potential to save the United States billions of dollars in health care costs each year.

Russ Carnahan

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The way I've gotten things done is by working with Democrats and Republicans. I worked with Jay Rockefeller, for example, on highway safety issues.

Mike DeWine

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Man was made to be immortal; else, he could not survive being the fool he is.

Douglas Southall Freeman

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I think it is important to pass on the message to young people who are going through a difficult time with friends that it will pass.

Clemence Poesy

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I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.

Alison Gopnik

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I like the word 'artist,' but I don't like the word 'artist' inside my house.

Psy

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There was a point of frustration, where I thought I should just take a film, even though I didn't want to. I was impatient with being at home. But I hung on to the approach I've always had, which is to wait for a project that I could contribute something unique to.

Peter Weir

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I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

Penn Jillette

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