Irwin Winkler Quotes

It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.

Irwin Winkler

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EasyStartedGetting

My parents taught me that having a passion is a rare thing, so following it through and working hard, even when it's tough, is important.

Jessica Springsteen

PassionParentsMeToughImportant

There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial.

Johnny Ball

ChildrenBecomeMoreSameTrivial

No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.

Steve Irwin

ProblemCountryGoAnywhereSnakes

No one in my circle calls me 'Travis.' Even my family, at a young age started calling me 'Travie.' So I want people to feel comfortable calling me 'Travie.' It's almost like inviting people in.

Travie McCoy

FamilyAgePeopleMeFeelCircle

If you or the devil or anyone else could remove you from Christ's hand, then that entity would be greater than Christ, and the eternal life He gave you would not be eternal at all. That's an impossible equation.

Tony Evans

LifeImpossibleDevilYouHandHe

I'm not a playwright; I'm a writer who loves theater.

Rodman Philbrick

WhoWriterPlaywrightTheaterLoves

Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want to modify their children, enhance their intelligence, their strength and their beauty and all the other so-called desirable characteristics.

Robert Winston

StrengthBeautyTechnologyChildren

What I've found is if you get the right characters in the right story and put them in the right setting - and let them go - they tend to do all the exploring of the issues for you. Because people are interesting and political and funny and sad.

Mike Bartlett

FunnySadPeopleStoryPoliticalGo

If you feel that your father was lacking as a husband, it affects your own choice of man.

Lisa Jewell

FatherManHusbandFeelYouChoice

Woodworking requires a completely different kind of thinking and problem-solving ability than writing. With writing, you take a set of facts and ideas, and you reason your way forward to a story that pulls them together. With woodworking, you start with an end product in mind, and reason your way backward to the raw wood.

Joshua Foer

TogetherMindIdeasWritingStart

I was getting paid to be involved with what I loved more than anything on earth: clothes.

Joseph Abboud

LovedClothesEarthMoreAnything

As I traveled around the country on a book tour for 'In Harm's Way,' I began learning how certain Indianapolis survivors had heard these voices - not necessarily the voice of God, but often that of someone who had fostered them and imparted an identity as a person who doesn't quit.

Doug Stanton

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