Walter Kirn Quotes

Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.

Walter Kirn

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The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

John Gilmore

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Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most likely at the 11th hour, the less pressure there will be on lawmakers to reach an agreement. That will make it more likely a deal isn't reached.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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The film industry sees the writer as fungible: The thinking goes, As long as we have Brad Pitt and all this money, we have a great film! No, you need a writer with voice and an engaging story, or what you have is a bomb.

Melissa Rosenberg

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There are a lots of clowns in our family - our house is a fun house.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all.

Steven Spielberg

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Ever since I was a little kid, I used to love doing the evil laugh: 'Mwahaha!' I could really do it! And there's a little bit of that inside everybody. Still, as a kid, it was like my favorite thing.

Tom Everett Scott

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I did a Christmas movie where I played Mrs. Claus because my children's favorite movie of all time was a Christmas movie that my father did in which he played Santa, and I was like, 'How often do they make a movie about Mrs. Claus?' and, 'My kids will love this.'

Mira Sorvino

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I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

Dennis Rodman

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There are bits of me in all my characters.

Chris Lilley

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In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need.

Colleen Atwood

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A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

Claude Debussy

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Measles is probably the best argument for why there needs to be global health, and why we have to think about it as a global public good. Because in a sense, measles is the canary in the coal mine for immunization. It is, you know, highly transmissible. The vaccine costs 15 cents, so it's not - you know, shouldn't be an issue in terms of cost.

Seth Berkley

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