Kenneth Oppel Quotes

We used to flock to watch gladiators, public torture and executions. In more recent times, our appetite for mortal violence has been sublimated in sports, photorealistic video games, film and literature.

Kenneth Oppel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 31, 1967

Topics

SportsVideo GamesViolenceGames

Some people are really good at their jobs, some people are really bad.

Anna Chlumsky

GoodPeopleBadSome PeopleSome

Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a new production: in both cases, the goal is exchange.

Jean-Francois Lyotard

KnowledgeGoalNewWillProduction

My dad gave me one of his kidneys.

Amy Purdy

MeHisGaveDad

It's so funny when you're actually directing because things start popping that you don't expect to pop, and something that you think is going to pop, maybe doesn't quite have the impetus that you thought it might.

Stephen Moyer

FunnyStartThinkThoughtYouGoing

What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

Steven Yeun

WorkCollegeMeChicagoImprovNerd

In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business.

Rosanna Arquette

BusinessMenHollywoodVeryInsecure

The Church's role should be separated from the state's role.

Roy Moore

ChurchRoleStateShouldSeparated

I'm always so excited about what I do that I try to get everyone to feel that way.

Missy Franklin

FeelWayTryAlwaysEveryoneGet

Hats off to Julian and Johnny, the producers, for sticking to their guns with the five-season story arc of 'Merlin'. It would have been too easy to give in to demand and stretch the show on beyond their original plan because of its incredible success.

Colin Morgan

SuccessStoryPlanHatsEasyBeyond

That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time.

Brian De Palma

DreamsGirlTimeMeStrongYou

My goal is more to be remembered. They'll remember this thing and like it in the future. The trick is to stay remembered long enough for that to happen.

Chuck Palahniuk

FutureEnoughRememberLongGoal

I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles.

Brandon Jay McLaren

PeopleFlyAlwaysLeadUpShoot

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