Barry Levinson Quotes

It was about a football program that brought in massive amounts of money. They're going to try to cover something up, because it's about money at the end of the day. That's clear. There's no ambiguity to that. Paterno is much more complicated and contradictory, and that's why he's interesting to me.

Barry Levinson

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The Westerns have probably affected me more than any one thing, Western-related material. I love Westerns.

Joe R. Lansdale

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Something I've really been wanting to do, ever since 'Six Feet Under' ended, was create my own version of this idealized writer's room as well as the ideal family.

Jill Soloway

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The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

John Bright

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People are not just going to bars and meeting people; they're connecting through social media.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

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To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.

Robert Moog

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The YA category changes pretty fast. I'm so impressed by what these authors do.

Jeff Giles

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The fruit flies we work with have the equivalent of about a 25 by 25 pixel camera. But that camera is very, very fast, about 10 times faster than the human visual system.

Michael Dickinson

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People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Los Angeles is a true postmodern city. Here, we celebrate with equal aplomb the high and the low. I am just as influenced by the punk rock attitude of local skate and surf cultures as I am by old-school glamour and stardust.

Liz Goldwyn

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Plot-wise, there's nothing particularly groundbreaking about 'Scalped.' It starts off as something we've seen plenty of times before: the story of an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal organization and the story of the guy at the head of that organization. The twist was always the setting: a modern-day Native American reservation.

Jason Aaron

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I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.

Jason Ritter

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Music can lift the spirit; it can make you cry. Soldiers have marched into battle to music. It's a powerful thing.

Jools Holland

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