Paul Haggis Quotes

I am really drawn to damaged characters, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. Making those complicated characters empathetic is something to strive for. It's too easy to create a good guy or a good girl.

Paul Haggis

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GoodGirlI AmSympathyEasyCreate

To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.

John Hickenlooper

ReflectionPeopleBehaviorOffice

Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

Matthew Goode

TimeMeGoSeemScrewedPaid

Gary Sinise and I go the furthest back of the Steppenwolf people; we were both saved from academic mediocrity as sophomores by being cast in 'West Side Story' by this transformationally beautiful teacher named Barbara Patterson.

Jeff Perry

BeautifulTeacherPeopleStoryBack

I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing.

Jeanne Calment

NothingPassionateInterestedAbout

I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.

Amy Tan

PeoplePresentYouFindSkills

I don't feel like a wealthy person. Other people think of me as a wealthy person, but I don't. I feel the same as when I was a fifth-year associate trying to make partner at Lehman Brothers. I haven't changed.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

PeopleMePartnerThinkFeelTrying

At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.

Shirley Manson

DayBe StrongMeStrongEndTalking

If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded.

Toni Collette

ActingWouldHad

Fox News Latino will show people how opportunities exist, that whenever we are overregulated, or there is too much government, we lose freedom. We lose power. That is, historically, one hundred percent true.

Roger Ailes

FreedomPowerGovernmentPeopleLose

I was not a great student.

Ronny Chieng

GreatStudent

If Congress wants to mess with the retirement program, why don't we let them start by changing their retirement program, and not have one, instead of talking about getting rid of Social Security and Medicare that was robbed $700 billion dollars to pay for Obamacare.

Mike Huckabee

StartRetirementTalkingSecurity

That's the great irony of allowing passionate people to work from home. A manager's natural instinct is to worry that her workers aren't getting enough work done. But the real threat is that they will wind up working too hard. And because the manager isn't sitting across from her worker anymore, she can't look in the person's eyes and see burnout.

Jason Fried

WorkHomeEyesGreatPeopleWind

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