"I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career. I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before 'ER' happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him."

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Source : "The man who made George Clooney" by David Teather, www.theguardian.com. September 04, 2006.

Leslie Moonves

#Years Quotes #Careers Quotes #People Quotes

“I wouldn't not listen to something because it was country. I usually listen to stuff that friends give me, if I admire their taste.”

Source : "Random Rules: Albert Hammond Jr". Interview with Noel Murray, music.avclub.com. May 8, 2007.
“A tattered copy of Johnson's large Dictionary was a great delight to me, on account of the specimens of English versifications which I found in the Introduction. I learned them as if they were so many poems. I used to keep this old volume close to my pillow; and I amused myself when I awoke in the morning by reciting its jingling contrasts of iambic and trochaic and dactylic metre, and thinking what a charming occupation it must be to "make up" verses.”
“Averages ... seduce us away from minute observation.”
“Then he said in his most excellent Mick impression, "Your powers are useless against Ninja Lords, O great zombie hunter! Surrender or feel the sting of the shuriken!”

Source : Alan Goldsher (2010). “Paul Is Undead”, p.188, Simon and Schuster
“My my Laura Goodman. I must say that is a charming name for a charming young lady." "Eric's old." I broke in. "Really really old." "Erâ€” really?" Laura asked. "Gosh you don't look even out of your thirties." "Tons of face-lifts. He's a surgical addict. I'm trying to get him help." I added defensively when they both gave me strange looks.”

Source : MaryJanice Davidson (2005). “Undead and Unappreciated: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.155, Penguin
“Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.”
“Washington, under Democrats and Republicans, has a profoundly neurotic attitude toward 'the people.' It is built on equal parts of suspicion, loathing, fear, respect and dependence.”
“Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.”

Source : "O'Reilly Open Source Conference: Day 3". www.apacheweek.com. July 26, 2002.

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