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DUNCAN JONES Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Ro...
OSCAR ISAAC In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part...
RAJAT MOHAN As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron C...
ORLANDO BLOOM A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ...
MAUREEN JOHNSON 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' made me want to make films. I am wild about the films of John Carp...
NEIL MARSHALL Would you want you as a friend?
PETER STROPLE It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a...
ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm...
SUPERNA BATHEJA Getting the call from Ridley Scott made me think that sometimes you just need to go to work.
JOEL EDGERTON Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.
KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN All I can say is working with Ridley Scott is a dream come true.
JOEL EDGERTON That's SHIT!

How do you remove it?
You just put it inside the trash, easy as that.
DEYTH BANGER This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
NATALIE DORMER That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing reall...
ADRIAN LYNE I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what...
SPIKE JONZE A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your goo...
MICHAEL PENA Working with Ridley is working with one of the great filmmakers and one of the great raconteurs. You...
JOHN LOGAN As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scot...
CUBA GOODING, JR. I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing r...
ADRIAN LYNE She's a big-game player. We make sure she gets as many touches as possible.
DICK PEECHER I don't have a style. I've never thought of myself as a stylist like the visual stylists I a...
SYDNEY POLLACK I know what it's like and how hard my assistants work, and I try to treat them as fair as possib...
BRAD GORESKI I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of som...
ORLANDO BLOOM Will father be there?" she asked.

John turned to her in astonishment.

Your fat...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD History is replete with blunders written by sycophants.
TOMICHAN MATHEIKAL That's just the way Scott is. He's a very private guy and doesn't want to make a big deal of it.
MARK MORALES As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a...
RAFE SPALL If we want to make it look as good as possible, I would hope we have painted a better picture.
GEORGE WEBB I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow. I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box of...
TAYLOR KITSCH How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS As far as accessories are concerned, I think it is always best to be as minimalist as possible.
ALICE TEMPERLEY In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
KANYE WEST We make as much noise as possible. We want people to know Flathead is a hostile environment.
COREY CAMPBELL Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Pr...
BENEDICT WONG I want it to be as beautiful as possible, even if it's inside the box. A great carpenter isn't going...
WALTER ISAACSON I love horror role-playing games. I like to be as freaked out as possible. Does that make me weird?
ROBERT MCCONKIE We're exploring options. We want to make this as painless as possible.
ELLIOTT MCCULLOUGH We want to make this as painless as possible; we don't want to scare people off.
DARRYL REED I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibilit...
ORLANDO BLOOM Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame
VENES I want to feel that every trip I make has enhanced me as a person.
STEFANIE POWERS I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval ...
BARACK OBAMA Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY I want to make sure I can keep them as safe as possible from people out there who want to do them ha...
BETSY JOHNSON We want to make sure all evacuees get codes as soon as possible.
ALBIE LEWIS We want to make this as exciting, and meaningful and inclusive as possible.
GREG SHAHEEN We want to make cuts as far away from the classroom as possible,
EUGENE WHITE I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant...
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV People can drive by and drop donations into a bucket. We want to make it as convenient as possible.
SANDRA HARRIS I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label - make me laugh. I want to make you think.
BASSEM YOUSSEF I hope everybody bears with me until I get everything figured out. If people have any questions, the...
JEFF DUELLMAN I tried to make it as real for them as possible. The thing about being reality is that reality is no...
BOB STACK As much as possible, avoid long boring office meetings that drain your time and energy,
ELAINE ST. JAMES I don't have any interest in being in Warner Brothers' newest comedy if it's going to su...
LEVI DYLAN Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS) What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but ...
JACK LOWDEN Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the mom...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
LADY GAGA I think it'd be awesome. I think learning behind Brett Favre -- I'd try to make him stay as long as ...
J.P. LOSMAN We have a plan to create several indexes, but we want to make these indexes as attractive as possibl...
MASAHIRO KAWAI As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
NATALIE GULBIS A lot of our users are newcomers to the Web, and we want to make it as easy as possible for them.
GARY BAKER I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'
DIANE KRUGER I felt like it was going to take a lot to make me not go to Chicago, and I wanted to be as well- inf...
ADAM ARCHULETA Closing a post office is never a simple matter, so we try to make the transition as smooth and conve...
ENOLA RICE We've tried to make it as user and customer friendly as possible, ... I want something going on that...
BOB DAVIES Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the m...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play mu...
RANDY OWEN Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
RONALD REAGAN In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as fa...
THEODOR MOMMSEN It has come as a big shock to everyone and it is hard to imagine the club without Scott around.
IAN BROWNLEE Draw me close to you, teach me to be like you. When people look at me I want them to see you
VENES I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much...
PETER JACKSON The things that I've enjoyed most are not really science fiction. They are not much fun to make ...
JOHN HURT To me, the box-office is basically the cost of film. If your film costs so much and your box-office ...
SUNNY DEOL Milram allows me the chance to pursue races which are very dear to me, such as the Tour de France wh...
ERIK ZABEL I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl...
KIRSTEN DUNST We are born different to make a difference.
LISA R. REYNOLDS I'm a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to.
MARTIN FREEMAN I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to r...
JOE SWANBERG I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure bl...
ELLEN PAGE It's going to hurt cheerleading. The best analogy I can make is that this is like taking the 3-point...
JENNIFER GRAEFF The General Assembly must send a strong message to municipalities that tearing down neighborhoods to...
MICHAEL CRISTOFARO Ridley Scott was part of the production team on 'The Good Wife.' I auditioned on my iPhone, ...
MIKE COLTER I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as po...
PATTI SMITH Anytime you have a dignitary, especially a president, you want to be as safe as possible and make su...
KELLY BARAGA The first thing I want to do is regain top form as soon as possible and convince (Italian coach Marc...
ANTONIO CASSANO I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.
PEP GUARDIOLA I don't ever want to leave anything to chance. We want to go as deep into this tournament as possibl...
LISA BLUDER I read for 'Reservoir Dogs,' and it got down to me and Buscemi, and Quentin couldn't mak...
TOM SIZEMORE I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
ORLANDO JONES I want to stay here for as long as possible.
STEVEN GERRARD I want to see it stay as objective as possible.
COMMISSIONER DARRYL STEELE 'Scott Pilgrim' is something that was a little bit more difficult to put in one box. But, to...
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JOHN RIDLEY Old white guys can be a funny bunch, can't they? The same anti-same-sex marriage, anti-affirmati...
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MATT RIDLEY It's funny because the action figures are cool, and then I enjoy the magazines because that'...
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JOHN RIDLEY With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.
JOHN RIDLEY As an ex-stand up, I can tell you that a comedy club isn't a place you go looking to get the abu...
JOHN RIDLEY 'Family Secrets' is thought provoking, well written, and remorselessly intelligent.
JANE RIDLEY Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.
JOHN RIDLEY Our honored elderly would greatly benefit from community volunteers.
CHRIS RIDLEY In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table a...
JOHN RIDLEY When I go to business meetings, I'm still told way too often by some receptionist, 'The mail...
JOHN RIDLEY The hypocrisy and false piety of the deniers aside, the relationships of gays have no effect on hete...
JOHN RIDLEY Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to lov...
JOHN RIDLEY She would've made an excellent pirate.
ERICA RIDLEY Moonseed Manor did not look like a place to live. Moonseed Manor looked like a place to die.
ERICA RIDLEY From the moment we were first dumped in Jamestown and had our teeth checked before getting sold off ...
JOHN RIDLEY Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be ...
JOHN RIDLEY It's funny: over time, if you're fortunate, you build a nice career, and you have these inte...
JOHN RIDLEY As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use o...
RIDLEY PEARSON Slavery was not a bad day on the job. It was not your boss yelling at you. It was not hard work for ...
JOHN RIDLEY Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be fou...
JOHN RIDLEY With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Poli...
JOHN RIDLEY I like animals. I like people who like animals. I hate people who love animals to the point they los...
JOHN RIDLEY To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear chi...
JANE RIDLEY did a great job under challenging conditions.
FRED RIDLEY