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If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can. Chuck Palahniuk
If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best. Chuck Palahniuk
Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? Chuck Palahniuk
Anna Held quote: "I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me."
I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me. Anna Held
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes..."
Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed. Chuck Palahniuk
Tracey Ullman quote: "Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle,..."
Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them. Tracey Ullman
I am an old, old friend of Aaron Sorkin's, who is the executive producer and writer. He had been talking about doing a political show for a long time and I had been interested in it for a long time. The moment I became available, he called me last year and asked me if I wanted to do it and then I just had to audition for the powers that be, and I got it. Bradley Whitford
I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do. Tracey Ullman
Katharine Whitehorn quote: "The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what..."
The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.' Katharine Whitehorn
In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you. Calvin Coolidge
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves. Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge quote: "We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Calvin Coolidge
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. Calvin Coolidge
Bob Uecker quote: "You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and..."
You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team. Bob Uecker
Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do. Bob Uecker

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