Tom McCarthy Quotes

Taking chances is my job; some will connect and some won't, and certain films find their audiences in different ways. I think 'Spotlight' probably is a better movie because of 'The Cobbler.' You learn with every movie you make: you learn from your mistakes, and you learn from your achievements, and I really do have that approach to filmmaking.

Tom McCarthy

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I was really surprised at the success of 'House of Sand and Fog,' because it is so awfully dark. Believe it or not, when writing it, I never had the word 'tragedy' in my head - I wasn't trying to write a dark book at all.

Andre Dubus III

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YA does a fantastic job of being socially aware and, at the same time, entertaining.

Angie Thomas

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All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts.

John Walters

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Rosewater & Glycerin spray is amazing as a mist. I get it at health food stores. It smells good and is really hydrating.

Stella Maxwell

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Music videos are really expensive, and if I mess it up, it's like, 'Oh, there goes 15,000 dollars,' you know?

Jay Park

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I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.

Jonah Hill

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The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness.

Dorothy Thompson

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Certainly working with teens keeps me up to date with language and with certain kinds of thinking.

Chris Crutcher

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Among my dad's generation, when you gave another man a pocketknife as a gift, it was a show of respect. I'll still give someone the knife out of my pocket.

Chris Stapleton

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I think almost all strategic problems could at least be improved upon if people would do more careful game-theoretic analysis. The reason game theory works in predicting is because people intuit how to behave game-theoretically.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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On the set for 'Beetlejuice,' it was before people would go watch on monitors, and directors would be next to the camera.

Winona Ryder

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We groove off of everything, any sort of live show. The inner dialogue you're having with yourself, between you and the music, is for me the search for God.

Tina Weymouth

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