Armando Iannucci Quotes

The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.

Armando Iannucci

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 28, 1963

Topics

TimeDecisionsYouMakeLessBusier

I almost feel like sometimes when I'm on location, you miss your home and your family and all that stuff, but it keeps you focused on the work.

Jimmy Smits

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I like to be productive - it's very hard for me to go on vacation because I just feel like I'm losing time.

Jim James

TimeVacationLosingMeFeelGo

I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.

Jim Lehrer

MenWhiteOldUsedGatekeepers

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

John Major

RespectThinkBackGetI Think

I come from a specific tradition of sociology, which is urban ethnography.

Matthew Desmond

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I'm sure my desire to perform came, in part, from being around politics as a kid. My dad had a big personality, and a lot of the people involved in Boston politics have big personalities, so there were all kinds of wacky people around.

Maura Tierney

PersonalityPoliticsPeopleDesire

The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.

Jeff Bezos

ScienceBrainHuman BrainHuman

Most people are generally satisfied with their representative.

Jeff Duncan

PeopleSatisfiedMostRepresentative

I think you can be tough and aggressive with facts in a way that you cannot be tough and aggressive with emotional retorts. Most of the people that try to be tough on TV are really just being emotional and not factual.

John Sununu

PeopleToughThinkFactsYouWay

The benefit of having a story that takes place in the real world is that you don't have to invent the real world. It exists.

Travis Beacham

WorldStoryYouPlaceRealBenefit

Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon.

Robert B. Parker

FalconBooksWhoFewVeryAbout

The music that we listen to these days, everything is right there in your face. There's no real mystery. It's not poetic. I want people to think. I want to make people listen to my lyrics.

Ro James

MusicPeopleFaceThinkMystery

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