Everything’s borne out of human experience, of course – rejection, humiliation, poverty, whatever. People aren’t born bad, no matter how harsh the circumstances. There is a person in there, and that person is not made of ice. Aidan Gillen Read Quote
In anything I’ve ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don’t think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn’t sound like them at all. Kevin Smith Read Quote
I really do see the sharks evolving their perspective. In the early days of the show, if you brough them an app, they would’ve turned their noses up. But now they know how indispensable those apps are, even to their own traditional businesses. Chris Sacca Read Quote
Those three years on ‘Loving’ were instrumental in helping me move through the next few years of work, where it was hit or miss. I was on series that would get canceled, then I would be a movie that wouldn’t come out or do as well as I hoped. You learn that you have to just keep plugging away and never take anything for granted. Michael Weatherly Read Quote
I had girlfriends who really irritated me by their devotion to the Beatles. I didn’t begrudge them their interest, and there were songs like ‘Hey Jude’ that I could appreciate. But they didn’t seem to be essential to the kind of nourishment that I craved. Leonard Cohen Read Quote
I am actually learning to enjoy bowling, and I never thought I’d say that. I didn’t enjoy it in the past because it hurt. It hurt my back or my ankle. Andrew Flintoff Read Quote
I did ‘Never Let Me Go,’ and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special. Domhnall Gleeson Read Quote
I was the first judge in the ‘Indian Idol’ format. The biggest risk when you adapt a format from a country in the West is how to make it your own, so I remember at the press conference for Indian ‘X Factor,’ the press would ask, ‘Who is Simon Cowell?’ And I said ‘Why don’t you ask Simon Cowell, ‘Who is Sonu Nigam?’ Sonu Nigam Read Quote
People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible – they just don’t actually read the Bible. John Ortberg Read Quote
As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors. Gary Hamel Read Quote