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S. J. Rozan Quotes

I wanted a real profession. And I'd always been interested in architecture and in design and in, really, what makes things work. And understanding what's kind of behind the walls and why things stand up and some things don't.

S. J. Rozan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1950

Topics

Work Architecture Walls Stand Up Why

Very little gets offered to me. I have to audition and bawl my eyes out. For 'Broadchurch,' the scene was Danny lying on the mortuary table. I can't remember the last audition I had where I didn't come out drenched in sweat, puffy-eyed.

Andrew Buchan

Eyes Me Remember Table Sweat Lying

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

Steve Coogan

Famous Fame Never Wanted By-Product

Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.

Tsai Ing-wen

Life Daily Daily Life Democracy Just

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

Mason Cooley

Know Want Run Others Example Horses

Most practising scientists focus on 'bite-sized' problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the big picture.

Martin Rees

Focus Problems Picture Lose Sight

I've honed in on three questions that I ask myself when I'm evaluating where to spend my time. Is this something that I'm passionate about, is it purposeful, and will I have impact? And if I can't answer 'yes' to all three questions, then I have to sit back and ask, 'Is it really that important?'

Mindy Grossman

Time Myself Impact Questions Back

Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him.

Lucy Liu

Eyes Style Men Fight Cool You

It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything.

Joyce Cary

Man World Tragedy Know More Sure

As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet.

Judy Biggert

Change Technology Children Parents

There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.

Jared Padalecki

Love Fun Have Fun Think Career Kind

Sometimes I'll go on a Twitter spree and reply as much as I can. Talking to my fans is so much fun even if it is in 140 characters or less.

Jordin Sparks

Fun Talking I Can Go Sometimes Fans

I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make.

Dennis Farina

Love Know Movies Hard Real Used