George C. Wolfe Quotes

The hardest thing about a musical is making sure everybody is working on the same damn show. That is the monster.

George C. Wolfe

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DamnSameMonsterWorkingShowSure

Like every novelist, I fantasise about film. Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the scene, they're working out where the energy of the scene is coming from, and they're also relying tremendously on the creative imagination of the reader.

John le Carre

ImaginationCreativeOpinionEnergy

One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I did want to do a Holocaust study and that increasingly I wanted it to be of perpetrators, which I thought was more needed.

Robert Jay Lifton

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It's hard enough to coach in this league when you're doing what you believe in. But when you have to try to coach something you may not be sold on, it becomes even more of a challenge. It's really hard.

Jeff Van Gundy

ChallengeBelieveDoingEnoughYou

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.

Tom Waits

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You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together.

Robert Englund

TogetherGet TogetherYouSurrender

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

Mohsin Hamid

HomeLanguageKnowAnyTruly

I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.'

Judy Blume

MeBookPresentTroubleNeedAlways

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

Jonathan Swift

MadnessPlaceWhereBottleTavern

If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.

Donna Karan

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Daniel Goleman has proven that two-thirds of the success in business is based upon our Emotional Intelligence as opposed to our IQ or our level of experience. As we look for the next crop of future CEOs, maybe it's time for America's corporations to start interviewing grads from the psychology master's programs rather than the M.B.A. programs.

Chip Conley

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I don't jump as high and I'm not as fast as Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. I don't have many highlight plays, but I can play this game.

Chris Bosh

GameFastI CanPlayJumpHigh

I work hard, and managing an inventory-based business can be extremely stressful. The upside is that, as long as I get my job done, I can take time off pretty much any time I want.

Anne Taintor

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