Jeff Giles Quotes

I know Peter Jackson a tiny-tiny bit from interviewing him about the 'Lord of the Rings' movies over the years. When I was visiting the set of 'The Return of the King,' he let me be an extra so I could see filmmaking from a different perspective. I was a Rohan soldier.

Jeff Giles

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It's weird for me to say I'm lucky when I can't go into a bookstore and have more than five choices if I want to read something about Asian-American characters.

Jenny Zhang

MeChoicesWeirdGoSayWant

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

John Major

EuropeCompeteWellEffectiveness

In order for the Constitution to work, you have to have law-abiding people. You have to have people willing to obey the Constitution, willing to follow the law. Obama doesn't care. He is the law.

Rush Limbaugh

WorkPeopleLawConstitutionCare

A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success.

Marvin Sapp

LifeSuccessFriendLegacyThink

I think success is the biggest challenge you have to handle in the National Football League; that's something we talk about a lot.

Mike McCarthy

SuccessChallengeFootballThinkYou

All the guys at Marvel are really passionate, and they love entertaining folks, and they really think about the story, and there's a lot of thought that goes into that.

Michael Pena

LoveStoryThinkThoughtPassionate

I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower.

Lorde

ShortFictionTowerLikeReadLot

I remember having to read 'The Old Man and the Sea,' and I didn't want to read it; I didn't want to like Ernest Hemingway. I was being a stubborn teenager.

Dree Hemingway

SeaManStubbornRememberOld Man

As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so.

Arabella Weir

WelcomeMeGrowing UpFatPersonUp

It's important we understand our system seeks justice and not revenge.

Pete Gallego

JusticeRevengeImportantUnderstand

The best stuff - the most interesting stuff - usually happens when I allow myself to be in the moment and working from that space.

Nikki Glaser

MyselfMomentBestSpaceInteresting

If you can make it so that I could touch somebody remotely through a wearable because it has haptic feedback - like, I could give a hug and it would touch you or pinch you - that would be killer.

Renee James

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