David Benioff Quotes

'The 25th Hour' came out of the decision - a really very conscious decision - that I needed a story set within a compressed time frame because that would help focus the story.

David Benioff

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I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.

Steven Wright

I AmEndDoingTelevisionBorn

Of course, I prefer organic farming to chemical-dependent farming, but sometimes absolutist organic prescriptions go too far. I don't even rule out the possibility of genetic modification generating some benign ideas, as long as we can keep them away from monopolists such as Monsanto.

Tristram Stuart

IdeasLongGoSometimesFarmingOut

My novel got published, and I became a paid writer, which was nice, and then it came out, and nobody bought it, so I became an unemployed writer again.

Tom King

NobodyNiceOutGotPaidUnemployed

I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and needs in the songs, I can't remember them.

Lou Barlow

ExperienceRememberCleverMy Own

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

Claude Chabrol

ChangeNothingWouldFarConcerned

If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?' If you ask women why they did a good job, what they'll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.

Sheryl Sandberg

GoodWomenMenJobSomeoneYou

The quest for Tommy Lee Jones' laugh begins now.

Seth MacFarlane

LaughNowQuestBeginsTommyLee

People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.

Serj Tankian

MusicAngryPeopleCalmThinkJust

The idea that the business world's needs get ignored in Washington is perpetuated by business so it can fulfill even more of its needs, real or imagined.

Timothy Noah

BusinessWorldWashingtonMoreReal

I think at the end of a show, you have to walk out with a message. That's my hardest struggle right now; that's what I'm working towards.

Nora Dunn

WalkStruggleThinkEndYouNow

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.

Richard J. Daley

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If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you.

Lynn Good

PeopleMindLearnYouOpenKeep

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