Scott Weiss Quotes

Nothing helps make a leader more approachable than admitting your struggles, screw-ups and behind-the-scenes thinking on hard calls. If the leader makes this a priority, the whole company will be more open and methodical learning from failure.

Scott Weiss

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Young people looking for adventure fiction now generally turn to fantasy, but for those of a certain age, the spy thriller has long been the escape reading of choice.

Michael Dirda

AgeAdventurePeopleLookingReading

I don't think that books are wondrous, magical things that come from nowhere. It's important that a book has clues about where and how it was written.

Alvaro Enrigue

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When I moved to Los Angeles, I wrote spec screenplays. I was really poor, and I thought I was just gonna do this for a while to make a little money so I could write novels. I thought movies were a second-class art form. I condescended to it - I didn't know enough to know it was really gonna be hard.

Stephen Gaghan

ArtMoneyThoughtEnoughKnowPoor

The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years.

Sibel Edmonds

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I love Charles Fuller.

Rutina Wesley

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Personally, I don't take holidays; I go on trips. My idea of relaxing is taking a trip that isn't commissioned. I'll work just as hard, but without that nagging pressure of fulfilling a commission. Now that's what I call a holiday.

Martin Parr

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It doesn't matter to me where am I going. Language is not a barrier for me, I can go anywhere with my craft, so why not Hollywood?

Disha Patani

MeLanguageI CanGoHollywoodWhy

Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me.

Chuck Zito

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In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a convincing, a selling, an arm-twisting to get big change. And that takes time.

Bruce Rauner

ChangeGoodTimeDemocracyYouNeed

I had a tremendous four seasons there in Denver, and you know, those are four years that I'll always hold very close to my heart.

Brock Osweiler

HeartSeasonsYouKnowAlwaysYears

People quote lines to me all the time. I'm always surprised - everybody has a favorite movie, and they're always different. I'm always shocked. People stop me on the street and throw lines at me from 'Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight' and 'Deep Space Nine.' 'Shawshank' happens a lot because they play it so much on TV.

William Sadler

TimeSpacePeopleMeDeepPlay

Places have charisma, in short, as much as people do.

Pico Iyer

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