David Benioff Quotes

'Troy' is an adaptation of the Trojan War myth in its entirety, not 'The Iliad' alone. 'The Iliad' begins with the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon over the slave girl Briseis nine years into the war. The equivalent scene occurs halfway through my script.

David Benioff

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The path we have chosen is constitutional.

John Ashcroft

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I mean, the unfair treatment of women and black people and Indians and other groups, that's real. Mistreatment of other people because 'I'm better than you are' is such a sad part of the world.

Melissa Leo

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I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on.

Melanie Roach

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There's nothing I would like more than to watch a manned Mars landing.

Andy Weir

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Mr. President, How are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?

Jeff Gannon

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Acting is always a challenge.

Robert Downey, Jr.

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I love being able to help promote Seattle to travelers worldwide.

Tom Douglas

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Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.

Jose Andres

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It's weird being an author because it's different than writing songs. You put so much more of yourself out there to be judged because it's a memoir. So when the reviews come in, they all feel really personal. Some people are just going to hate you no matter what. Personally, I never believe good reviews.

Dean Wareham

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I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar.

Bob Richards

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It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

Anne Rice

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When you build characters from the outside in, they become, oftentimes they become like 'Saturday Night Live' characters or they become like caricatures of the character.

Ashton Kutcher

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