William Goldman Quotes

Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.

William Goldman

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TimeI AmThreeYesBroadwayFailed

Latino people have come up to me and said they were motivated to become a lawyer because they saw me play one on TV - and you can't discount how great it is when they tell me I was the first.

Jimmy Smits

GreatPeopleMeLawyerYouPlay

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

Jill Scott

ThinkGrowArtistPersonSpiritually

When you close down your borders, you're helping people build up a lot of hate toward you. That ungenerosity is not only not very attractive, from a moral and social standpoint, but also it's not very effective as a means of defending the country.

Andrew Solomon

HatePeopleYouDownCountryMoral

Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.

Jeffrey Gitomer

StarsTalentThinkRockBeingWould

I love the '70s. I think the '70s had the best music and the best movies.

Michael Jai White

LoveMusicBestThinkMoviesI Love

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.

Mignon McLaughlin

TodayFeelWishDoingYesterdayFew

I'm one of these people who doesn't say that objectivity is not within our reach. I think if you're a pro, and you're a reporter, you do it. Whether you agree with the guy or not is just quite incidental. It doesn't count at all, really.

Liz Trotta

PeopleThinkReachYouSayCount

I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

Jayne Meadows

RespectTalentsMineEvenHeHis

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

Dick Armey

AngerYouAheadGetCannotEven

I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.

Christopher Paolini

LoveGratefulWritingI CanAlways

I have shifted my mindset in terms of how companies should... focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial.

Brad Feld

FocusAmazingBuildingMindsetYou

I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.

Peter Diamandis

ChallengesThinkGoWhoGrandAfter

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