John Landgraf Quotes

We want to make the best television possible. We should be drawing on the entire available pool of storytellers and directors, and we should be expanding that pool and trying to hire the very, very, very best people. That's our job.

John Landgraf

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I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

Matthew Macfadyen

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And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing.

Jean M. Auel

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When we did 'The Office,' no one knew who we were, so it was easy to champion us; you could own us. Once you become successful, people don't have that any more, so it becomes more polarised. Some people want to champion you, and others want to slag you off. It doesn't concern me.

Stephen Merchant

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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Lou Holtz

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When the audience leaves, I'd like them to feel positive when they go.

Juice Newton

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There is something about prosperity that brings out the worst in some people.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.

Craig Charles

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I think I would make a lousy stay-at-home mom. It just wouldn't suit me.

Claire Danes

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I value above all the ability of art to move me emotionally and psychically, without answers. I make art that makes me question, that derives its power from being vulnerable to interpretation, that is intuitive, that is beautiful.

April Gornik

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I have spent many years working in education and media, from hosting documentaries to being a spokesperson for Discovery Education to revolutionizing youth environmental service through my non-profit, EarthEcho International.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

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When Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force immediately after the 9/11 attacks, no one could have imagined this authorization would continue to be the basis for American wars that persist a decade and a half later.

Peter Bergen

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I try to do as much as possible for every character. Some of them, it is easier to do the research because you have either real examples that you work with, maybe some specific person that inspires you in that case, or the performances from other people, or the characters, or a character from a book.

Penelope Cruz

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