Beau Willimon Quotes

The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time.

Beau Willimon

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Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If you don't have money or you come from a background that doesn't have money, it's harder to achieve your ambition in life. It's not that you can't, but it becomes harder. Inequality is one of the worst things that can exist in our society, so I am interested in those kind of things.

Andrew Haigh

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Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.

Anjelica Huston

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My religion lies in my composition.

John Philip Sousa

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I would love to work with Jack Nicholson, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Shannon and James Franco in the future. I think those actors are amazing, and they are my favourite actors by far.

Sophie Turner

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There's this intense media spotlight; there's a need to be transparent, and, 'Oh, by the way, I'm also trying to fight a war at the same time.' It's a challenge, but it goes with the job.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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Dragons, to my way of thinking, are just another 'race' of sapient characters. We see lots of elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins, giants and, of course, dragons.

Robin Hobb

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I was a small kid.

Lucas Till

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You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.

Jason Calacanis

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Black writers seldom get the opportunity to write superhero stories.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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Paul Giamatti is truly one of my biggest inspirations, and even more so now that I've gotten to work with him. Every single thing he does, he completely transforms into it. When I watch a film with Paul in it, I'm not like, 'Oh, there's Paul.' I'm completely into whatever character he's in, and I'm not thinking about him as an actor.

Condola Rashad

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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.

Boy George

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