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“I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will ...”
“I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.”
“I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.”
“A lot of producers get famous because they decide to be superstars for their own reasons, but I'm inspired by Timbaland and Pharrell and Swizz Beatz 'cause they're doing things that are so differen...”
“One famous movie executive, who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor.'”
“I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.”
“Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.”
“If you go into science, I think you better go in with a dream that maybe you, too, will get a Nobel Prize. It's not that I went in and I thought I was very bright and I was going to get one, but I'...”
“The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.”
“The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.”
“I wonder if liberal kids call liberal talk shows and ask how to get along in a conservative teacher's class? No. No. It doesn't happen, 'cause there's no thought of getting along.”
“I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.”
“I thought I'd grow up to be a teacher, or maybe run for political office.”
“In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar.”
“As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.”
“Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.”
“Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.”
“No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.”
“Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days.”
“I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.”
