Scott Derrickson Quotes

I'm married to a nurse, and she is really, really ardent that - in screenplays or movies that I've worked on, that all the medical aspects be properly presented. I think that filmmakers ought to be respectful of all fields and not just be lazy and put nonsense in movies because most people won't know the difference.

Scott Derrickson

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The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death already, but it's not too late to prevent an even bigger crisis. The sooner we act on the environment, the better.

Jeremy Grantham

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Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.

Max Planck

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Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band.

Matthew Ramsey

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When I was a street performer, before I had any songs of my own that anybody would stop and put in money for, I would always be doing covers. Even with covers, people wouldn't stop in the beginning.

Andy Grammer

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You can't grow unless your banking system is expanding and you are extending credit.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.

Stan Musial

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If your work is done on the phone, then surely you can set up some kind of wireless system. If your work involves reading or writing reports, then this too could be done outside.

Tom Hodgkinson

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Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.

Ruth Gordon

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'The Dice Man' is an anti-establishment cult novel, and you don't normally make studio films from such dark comedy material.

Luke Rhinehart

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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

Lucretius

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If Trump actually wants to help those who have been left behind, he must go beyond the ideological battles of the past.

Joseph Stiglitz

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Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about.

Britney Spears

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