Geoffrey S. Fletcher Quotes

My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams.

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

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I liked Los Angeles for odd reasons. For one, there was no sense of community. You were really left to your own resources, spending this inordinate amount of time alone in a balloon of an automobile. I liked that a lot.

John Gregory Dunne

CommunityAloneTimeYouLos Angeles

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

John Catsimatidis

BusinessMoneyWorldEndWorthBack

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

John W. Gardner

PeopleSocietyKindSome PeopleJust

Everything is a learning experience for me.

Trombone Shorty

LearningExperienceMeEverything

Any time skating was featured in a video game, I ate it up. So around 1997-98, I was shopping this video game idea. I was weighing my options when I went to Activision, but when I saw what they were working on, I said, 'This is exactly what I'd love to be involved with,' and following that gut reaction was hugely successful.

Tony Hawk

LoveTimeShoppingGameSaidGut

Some of those guys show a lot of promise, especially Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. Even the kid Joseph Parker, who Joshua is about to fight, shows a lot of promise. I'm looking forward to some really exciting fights in the heavyweight division to come.

Roy Jones Jr.

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The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences.

Louis Pasteur

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When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.

Demetri Martin

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It's hard to teach passionately about something that you don't have a passion for.

Brian Greene

PassionYouTeachHardSomething

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Chuck Jones

BusinessComedyVeryStringent

Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along.

Antoine Fuqua

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I love long power walks in the countryside.

Alice Temperley

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