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I grew up in Queens, and on Sunday evenings, my parents would drive my brother and me past the factory. We could smell the week's supply of bread baking. I always connected the 59th Street Bridge with that scent. Who woulda thunk, years later, I'd be there, directing and producing a hit TV show?

Don Scardino

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PastBrotherParentsMeBridgeWeek

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

Jimmy Connors

WorkFunMeBattleNeverTennis

There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

Steve Buscemi

CharacterHeartHumorWiseHelpYou

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.

Robert Wise

StarsCharacterThinkBetterHimHe

In the radical Islamist jihad world, you're seeing more and more recruits going to ISIS rather than al-Qaida.

Michael McCaul

WorldYouSeeingMoreGoingRadical

There's been a lot of wedding songs and proposals. It's cool because when they play it at weddings so, it means a lot to them. That's a big deal. They're always going to remember 'Head Over Boots' as played at their wedding.

Jon Pardi

CoolWeddingBootsRememberPlay

The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.

David Tang

FamousPersonImageBearsOften

The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction.

Christian Lous Lange

CivilizationInfiniteBecomeHuman

I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface.

Christian Slater

TimePastLookingDoneNowMore

When I go down to the bodega and grab a BLT, I throw on my sweatpants and sweatshirt.

Aquaria

DownGoThrowGrab

A strong emotion, especially if experienced for the first time, leaves a vivid memory of the scene where it occurred.

Algernon Blackwood

TimeMemoryStrongEmotionFirst

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

Susan Cain

ComfortablePublic SpeakingSpeaking

Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working is very unusual.

Pedro Almodovar

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