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Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.


Peter Roskam
Tags: Work Should Able
Bringing an asteroid back to Earth? What's that have to do with space exploration? If we were moving outward from there, and an asteroid is a good stopping point, then fine. But now it's turned into a whole planetary defense exercise at the cost of our outward exploration.
Buzz Aldrin
Tags: Good Space Our
I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga.
Natsuki Takaya
I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories, that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators.
Stana Katic
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We call ourselves creators and we just copy.


Lauryn Hill
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I can't envisage stopping writing.


Antony Beevor
If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method.
Claire Danes
Tags: Work Home Me
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Comics could use more creators with something worthwhile to say.


Jim Woodring
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Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.


Lloyd Kaufman
Tags: Movies Art Movie
Our job as the game creators or developers - the programmers, artists, and whatnot - is that we have to kind of put ourselves in the user's shoes. We try to see what they're seeing, and then make it, and support what we think they might think.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Tags: Think Our Make
Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.
Spike Lee
Tags: You Me Like
I write books that will make 10 or 12 hours disappear, and hopefully they'll resonate with you for a few days, where you'll remember the characters and the story. That suits me fine; I am happy with that.
Michael Robotham
Tags: You Me Will
When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'
Omar Sy
Tags: You Me Think
I always reference 'Mad Max' when I think about what I want to wear. But it's a fine line between that and 'Edward Scissorhands'.
Julian Casablancas
You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a problem doing that. They're interesting characters, and there's as many different kinds of bad guys as there are good guys - they're rich, they're strong, they're powerful, and so that's fine with me.
Tobin Bell
Tags: Good Men You
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What is the point of working all your life and then stopping?


Lauren Bacall
Tags: Life Your Then
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No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.


Max Beerbohm
Tags: Work Without Done
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I think conflicted characters are always more interesting.


Liev Schreiber
Tags: Think More Always
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A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.


Lawrence Lessig
Tags: Freedom Get Which
I'm ephemeral as much as I can be, so I started to think about the idea of not working. It's really about a change of attitude. It's not so much about stopping, but about re-thinking the meaning of one's production.
Rirkrit Tiravanija