Aaron Sorkin Quotes

When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?

Aaron Sorkin

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I love being part of campaigns and events that are working with kids and just sharing my personal experiences.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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I'd have to say I've become more aware of my communal responsibility.

Jeff Koons

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This argument that somehow I'm chasing the limelight is a bunch of nonsense, and it's offensive - highly offensive - to me.

Michael Avenatti

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I definitely don't Google myself, because I get paparazzi'd every day. You're bound to have something happen and someone mean writes something. There's no power. You don't know who they are, and they're behind the computer. Just don't read it.

Sophie Monk

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Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

Roger Stone

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Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.

Mike Schmidt

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It couldn't be a simpler answer. Marriage doesn't really mean anything to me. I feel like in many ways marriage is more for the families of the couple than for the people involved, so I don't gravitate to it.

Jon Hamm

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I never get to be funny on T.V.

Diane Neal

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It's exciting being around people who are adults - I actually race out the door in the morning and shout, 'Bye!'

Davinia Taylor

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I don't have the ability to be a diva. I can't flaunt. I don't have that kind of stage presence. I think of myself as just a band member.

Christine McVie

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My very first products were hand-made, one-of-a-kind pins. When I finally realized I could repeat a phrase to make multiples, 'intellectuals gone bad,' a fairly succinct description of my own life, seemed appropriate.

Anne Taintor

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For 'Chungking Express,' the way we shot the film was all handheld and with all this existing light, and that became very popular. Everybody thought it was cool.

Wong Kar-wai

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