"Here's a slightly outrageous tip: Don't respect the text. Just because you've written something down doesn't mean it has a right to exist. If your internal editor can find a better way to say something, junk the original version and go with the new one. If you can't find a better way, and the passage really isn't good, junk it."

-- Crawford Kilian

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“Technology has the shelf life of a banana.”
“Becoming obsessed with what people think is the quickest way to forget about what God thinks.”
“In lower budget filmmaking, everything is a favor. You're pushing everybody, all the time. You're trying to get the best out of it that you can, and it has to be a labor of love, or you can't get it done.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I just believe that if I work hard and do well, who knows what the future holds?”
“Americans are now certifiably insane. They are crazy. They are suffering a mass psychosis. They have lost their own ability to discern right from wrong.”

Source : "Americans Must Be Crazy". static.wnd.com. April 12, 1999.
“Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.”

Source : "Uncivil Discourse - and Hypocrisy in the Senate on Display". On the Record", www.foxnews.com. October 1, 2009.
“Television is like the movie business. It's not the least-objectionable program - it's the best program that gets positioned. Same in the movie business. It's not just everything automatically gets done by the "in" crowd.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“There's gonna be a general lack of toast in the neighborhood this morning.”

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