Matthew Pearl Quotes

I love writing shorter fiction.

Matthew Pearl

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Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.

Johann Georg Hamann

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I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.

John Corbett

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I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer.

Melinda Clarke

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I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.

John Lydon

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Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

Roger Ebert

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The great thing about being a producer on a project is that you get to see the ins and outs of every piece of the puzzle. There are so many elements involved in every aspect of a film's development that I don't think the average person is aware of, which is, I guess, why the whole process is referred to as movie magic.

Roberto Aguire

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Sometimes a great director will do a bad job and an okay director will do a great job. You never know.

Ronald Meyer

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When I was at U.C.L.A., I worked my way through school as a tour guide at Universal Studios, and I came in contact with a lot of people in the agency business.

Michael Ovitz

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My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional.

Mo Brooks

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Most bacteria aren't bad. We breathe and eat and ingest gobs of bacteria every single moment of our lives. Our food is covered in bacteria. And you're breathing in bacteria all the time, and you mostly don't get sick.

Bonnie Bassler

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When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.

Bruce Schneier

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The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

William Perry

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