Gary Ross Quotes

Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.

Gary Ross

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 3, 1956

Topics

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I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else.

Jilly Cooper

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My mom was a single mother in the South Bronx living in adverse conditions. Seeing her struggles to get herself off of welfare and get back into the workplace and give me and my sister a better life - it's an inspiration for me.

Andrea Navedo

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It is not astonishing that there are many journalists who have become human failures and worthless men. Rather, it is astonishing that, despite all this, this very stratum includes such a great number of valuable and quite genuine men, a fact that outsiders would not so easily guess.

Max Weber

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I was always writing. I was writing in high school because it was a really competitive school for class clowns; I used to have to write all of my snaps and my disses the night before and then act like I was making it up the next day.

John Leguizamo

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Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

Jeff Van Gundy

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I've always considered transcribing to be an invaluable tool in the development of one's musical ear and, over the years, I have spent countless glorious hours transcribing different kinds of music, either guitar-oriented or not.

Steve Vai

MusicDevelopmentAlwaysOverYears

I don't like to socialise much.

Shirley MacLaine

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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

Michael Phelps

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When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family.

Cory Booker

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I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.

Cliff Martinez

MusicWaitFreeNewSittingOut

I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us.

Asghar Farhadi

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The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

Winifred Holtby

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