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Ben Hecht Quotes

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: February 28, 1894 - April 18, 1964

Topics

Work Money Effort Me Game Hollywood

When a movie opened - if you lived in New York, you would see it at Radio City Music Hall where it would play a couple of weeks, and then you moved on to the next movie. Now you can see it the rest of your life - it's going to be on Netflix and DVD.

Life Music New York City Rest You

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

Stephen Hawking

Knowledge Science Discovery Become

I actually have videos on my phone of me interviewing people and asking them what they thought of the new Spider-Man in 'Civil War.' They were like, 'Oh he's great. I love him,' and then some people were like, 'Nah, I don't love him. he's not great' - and I was standing right in front of them!

Love Great War People Me Thought

I asked myself, 'What are you going to do with your life? Are you going to be like everyone else or are you going to do what's right?' I just made a decision. I said, 'It's time to grow up. It's time to start living for the Lord, do things the right way.' I accepted the Lord, and it changed my life.

Life Time Myself Decision Start You

Gareth Southgate is a fantastic manager, and he knows what I am about.

I Am Manager Fantastic Knows He Am

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

History Experience People World Own

When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

Christopher Dodd

Free Speech Know Risk Right Rights

I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.

Art I Am Me Forget Debt Illusions

You never think of your freedom until it's taken away from you, and once it's taken... So, it means everything to me. You couldn't put a price tag on it.

Anthony Ray Hinton

Freedom Me Think You Price Never

It's a miserable life in Hollywood. You're up at five or six o'clock in the morning to be ready to start shooting at nine.

Life Morning Start You Ready Up

Is there something about the gay experience, being gay and the gay experience, that pushes us even more than other people toward competition?

Experience Competition People Gay Us

I'm always working on concepts and ideas for the future.

Future Ideas Always Concepts Working

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