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Tilman J. Fertitta Quotes

You don't see a lot of super-high-end hotels being built in Houston because it's so expensive to build, unless you're in New York and can charge $1,000 a night.

Tilman J. Fertitta

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: June 25, 1957

Topics

New York Night You New Build See

The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

Jeffery Deaver

Fun Law Writing Easy More Answer

I would like to see more films being made with people of color behind the camera and in front of the camera, because the more times at bat we have, the better we get.

Stephanie Allain

People Color Better Camera More See

I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country music, too. Then, when I moved to Nashville, I put out a very traditional country record because that's just what you do. I had a bunch of very traditional country songs. Next thing you know, you're a country singer.

Sturgill Simpson

Music Listening Loved You Country

Consumers deserve the opportunity to watch their program of choice.

Tony Cardenas

Opportunity Choice Deserve Watch

I had the opportunity to go cast for a Hollywood film that was filming in Thailand called 'Mortal Kombat 2.' Out of 100 people, I was cast to be the stunt double for Robin Shou.

Tony Jaa

Opportunity People Go Hollywood Out

I took several trips to New Orleans and met with people who had intimate knowledge of the underbelly of the city in the 1950s. The meetings were both fascinating and terrifying.

Ruta Sepetys

Knowledge People City Meetings New

The government has made $44 trillion in promises we can't afford to keep. We must get serious now about our long-term budgetary problems, recognizing that the sooner we act, the less painful the choices will be.

Judd Gregg

Government Promises Choices Problems

I believe in supporting African solutions to African problems.

Donald M. Payne

Believe Problems I Believe Solutions

Often, in books, I find female power to be cartoonish - power is a process, an evolution - it has responsibilities. It's not as simple as picking up your lightning bolt and throwing it at someone.

Deborah Harkness

Power Simple Process Someone Find

My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.

Claiborne Pell

Me Opponent Out Got Well Union

I think it's such a challenge to tell a story, and I think, to be honest, the shorter, the clearer, the better.

Ashley Williams

Challenge Story Think Better Tell

Everybody had to go to some college or other. A business college, a junior college, a state college, a secretarial college, an Ivy League college, a pig farmer's college. The book first, then the work.

Sylvia Plath

Work Business College Book Pig Go