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James L. Brooks Quotes

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

James L. Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: producer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 9, 1940

Topics

Love Romantic Think Comedy You Idea

So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise you'll be culturally bankrupt and can't converse with your friends.

Friends Weekend You Marketing Movies

I knew I had arrived when taxi drivers would say, 'You're that twit on the Billy Cotton Show, aren't you?'

You Say Cotton Taxi Show Would

One brave deed makes no hero.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Hero Brave Deed Makes

I can honestly say that, growing up, it never crossed my mind that I could ever make anything. I could write articles about things, which is why I wanted to be a professor. I loved watching movies and writing about them and teaching them, but it never crossed my mind that I could make something.

Stephanie Savage

Mind Growing Up Writing Loved I Can

I am a free market Republican. I am against subsidies, in most cases.

I Am Free Republican Against Market

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

You Tell Up Call Give Options

I am proud to place Tercio Red River into a conservation easement forever protecting this spectacular landscape with Colorado Open Lands.

I Am Red River Proud Landscape Open

From my teenage years on, I sought out Native elders from many tribal nations and listened to their words. I also started a small press, The Greenfield Review Press, and became very involved with publishing the work of other American Indian authors, especially books of poetry.

Work Words Poetry Small American

I learned that deep within myself, if I fight to the end, I can always find a way to win.

Denis Shapovalov

Myself Fight Win Deep End Find

Of course I want to have a deliciously seductive story on the surface which will keep people engaged and amused, but primarily, I'm interested in other things. It's the texture of any given moment that fascinates me: what is really going on between people or in somebody's mind.

Deborah Eisenberg

Moment People Mind Me Story Want

I like serving family-style or setting up a buffet. Everyone just goes to town, scoops their own food, and mixes their own drinks. You know how people love to come and watch you in the kitchen now and talk your ear off? If you give them something to do and something to drink, they don't do that as much.

Love Food People Kitchen You Know

It is important to fund young researchers who want to do curiosity-driven research. Curiosity-driven research is a part of life. Some people are curious. They want to learn more about nature and society should help that. It's like art: you can learn more and bring more beauty.

Life Nature Beauty Art Curious Help

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