Ridley Scott Quotes

Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me.

Ridley Scott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 30, 1937

Topics

WorkScienceMeDoorScience Fiction

I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again.

Joanna Lumley

WorkGirlWaitBondNewStreet

I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to mine. Write the books, spit three times over your shoulder and you're safe.

Jodi Picoult

YouThreeWayWriteOverShoulder

When I was in Japan with my girlfriend Jessica, she would have had acupuncture every day if she could. I can just about stomach going to a chiropractor and I visited a talented one when I was there, but when he tried a needle on me, it was horrible. My muscles tightened and it didn't work at all.

Jenson Button

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I would go for the biggest guy on the team, dump the puck in. I would chase after it because I was very fast. If I wanted to get a big hit, I would have to leap into the guy. The guy would be maybe a 6-3 defenseman, 220, I would leap into this guy and plow him over. He would just fall to the ground. That was my thing.

Max Aaron

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I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that.

Ann Leckie

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Improv classes were too expensive, so I just started going to open mics. And the day I did it, I did, like, three because I just loved it so much. It was so much fun. And it wasn't good, it was just fun to do. It felt like a release.

Michael Che

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Human nature fascinates me.

Rush Limbaugh

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Jennifer Aniston and I have always just really gotten along well... I was just fortunate to be a good fit for parts in her films.

Jason Bateman

GoodAlwaysHerFortunateWellJust

Loads of verses don't make it into the finished song.

Johnny Flynn

SongMakeFinishedVersesLoads

All the nice things about Suzanne are me. All the things that aren't nice, that was just the writing.

Delta Burke

MeWritingNiceThingsJustAbout

My favorite Luna disc is our third, 'Penthouse,' a sparkly, moody album that works from track one all the way to track 11. Tom Verlaine of Television and Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab make guest appearances. I am also fond of the final Luna album, 'Rendezvous.'

Dean Wareham

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I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.'

Craig Ferguson

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