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Aaron Sorkin Quotes

Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: producer
Nationality: american
Birth: June 9, 1961

Topics

Good Story Thought First Anything

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Education Mother Ignorance School Go

Every day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery. I open my eyes, remember who I am, what I'm like, and I just go, 'Ugh'.

Eyes Day I Am Remember Every Day Go

There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

Science Things Only Applied Sciences

What can happen if a young reader picks up a book he/she isn't yet ready for? Questions, maybe. Usually, that child puts down the book and says, 'Boring.' Or, 'I'm not ready for this.' Kids are really good at knowing what they can handle.

Good Child Book Questions Down Up

Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings.

Loved Buildings Abandoned Monsters

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

World Place Question Without Any

Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa.

Winnie Byanyima

Community Tax Africa Abuse Global

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

Sydney J. Harris

Success Marriage Great Imagination

I would call universities and community colleges and say, 'I really want to go to college. How do I get to college? What do I do?' And they would say, 'You have to get an application. You have to get letters of recommendation.' It was terrifying. I had no idea what I was doing.

Community College Doing You Go Want

I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.

Pauley Perrette

Work Girl New York Me Saying Short

The old swashbuckling days of the playboy ship owner, of the fellow with no cares in the world who does multimillion dollar deals over coffee, are gone.

Coffee World Ship Old Over Dollar

It is hard to get animals which normally pay little attention to each other to do things together. One can teach dolphins to jump simultaneously out of the water precisely because they show similar behavior spontaneously, but try to make two domestic cats jump together and you will fail.

Water Cats Together Behavior You

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