"I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good."

-- Diablo Cody

#Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes #Recognition Quotes

“Meghan pushed her chocolate cheesecake across the table to me. I hadnâ€™t gotten paid yet for November, so I had only ordered coffee. â€œHere,â€ she said. â€œDonâ€™t you want it?â€ â€œSure I want it. I ordered it. But Iâ€™m giving it to you.â€ â€œWhy?â€ Meghan stood up and got me a fork. â€œRemember what Nora said about love? In your movie?â€ â€œLove is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and itâ€™s the very last piece, but you let him have it,â€ I said. â€œSo itâ€™s really amazing cake,â€ said Meghan. â€œAnd I want you to have it.”
“Today's mom watches her every child-rearing step lest she commit some egregious and apocalyptic parenting faux pas that will certainly doom her child to a life spent sleeping under overpasses, or worse, not going to Harvard.”
“There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.”
“Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.”
“Nobody is going anywhere in 10 years.”
“There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to protect the more important ones. But should it come to the very last, the most important one, at this point a man must halt and stand firm if he doesn't want to begin life all over again with idle hands and a feeling of being shipwrecked.”
“Painting, to me, is a unique experience. Each work is a surprise and has its own personal and intuitive meaning. After brainstorming feelings and memories, each painting evolves freely and independently.”
“I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.”

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