Roger Ross Williams Quotes

Don't boycott the Oscars. Staying away from something that needs to change is no way to change it. Instead, let's help them lead the way in promoting diversity in Hollywood.

Roger Ross Williams

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Another way to lose control is to ignore something when you should address it.

Jim Evans

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Put me up against Sarah Silverman and I could take her.

Joan Rivers

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I frankly couldn't imagine being a series mystery-fiction writer, churning out book after book about the same viewpoint character.

Robert J. Sawyer

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I wish to God I was organized enough to tell you that, 'Yes, there will be 14 books, and this one will go here, and that one will go there'... but to be honest, I hardly know what I'm going to do when I get up in the morning.

Jeff Lindsay

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I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically.

Stephen Sondheim

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I am fascinated, I suppose, by a flawed man with a streak of greatness.

Roger Zelazny

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Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to listen to them a lot and try to put their voices into their character.

Dito Montiel

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I've been out of work so many times in my life that relying too much on just one job is terrifying.

Chris Hardwick

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The thing I think is often misunderstood about Ripple is people say, 'Oh, Ripple is a centralized platform.' To me, this is a legacy perspective. Ripple's technology, IRP, is open source; XRP Ledger is open source.

Brad Garlinghouse

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In Los Angeles, it's always nice out. In New York, it can be nice out or horrifying. You really have no idea what you're going to get on any given day.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

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I think that for people who are trying to make a difference, you have to start the company being naive. You wouldn't do it if you understood all the work. I work a lot. I wish it was easier.

Anne Wojcicki

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There are three things I look for in a story - it has to be a thriller; I cannot see myself writing literary fiction or a saga! There has to be a historical connection; otherwise, the adrenalin will not flow. And I will try to bridge the gap between 'Rozabal' and 'Chanakya'.

Ashwin Sanghi

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