Stephen Gaghan Quotes

My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of crazy unproduced plays that he had written. For the one creative writing class I took in my life, I didn't do any writing - I decided that I would plagiarize his terrible play to not fail the class.

Stephen Gaghan

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In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?

Jessamyn West

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It's the way surfing is - you grow up surfing together, and then you're thrown into a heat at Pipe or a world title bout against one another.

Joel Parkinson

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I never thought of myself as a king. People really want you to be their deity. They forget the fact that you are a person who has feelings and doubts.

John Gutfreund

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Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame.

John Oldham

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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

John Ortberg

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Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.

Robert M. La Follette

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Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited.

Michael Apted

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I'm a career Air Force officer. We have a saying in the Air Force: 'If you want people to be with you at the crash, you've got to put them on the manifest.' And so I was always of the view to almost leave no stone unturned when you're up there briefing the Hill.

Michael Hayden

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I would love to have my hair back and to be two inches taller - I am 5 ft. 8 in.

Stanley Tucci

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'Strictly Business' is about a young black man who is learning about himself, and that applies to a lot of young black men, those who are trying to find jobs. This film gives them a good look at that situation.

Tommy Davidson

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And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

Roy Barnes

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If I do a role where I have to lose weight, I can do that. I eat meat, fish, vegetables, and I lose it right away. But sometimes I do a role where I have to gain weight, and I can tell you I prefer that.

Monica Bellucci

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