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Small: From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. Whats lost in the p
"From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they a
"And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid to voice an opinion, saying nothing, waiting to know what the consensus is. Just like focus groups, opinion polls or a cabinet"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers
"The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million
"The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity
"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: A writers ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years time and for
"A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar
"A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: Politics has become entertainment
"Politics has become entertainment"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rocknroll, poli
"Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head
"I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards
"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theor
"The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions
"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions"
Arthur Koestler, Novelist
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Small: Thats sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places
"That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of
"I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of politically correct big brother assault on smoking"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit
"Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: There are no crowds out there demanding to see smoking scenes in movies
"There are no crowds out there demanding to see smoking scenes in movies"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of politic
"I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power
"I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi a
"Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it
"I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it"
Joe Eszterhas, Writer
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Small: In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course
George Mikes
"In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them"
George Mikes, Writer
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Small: The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as
Michael Polanyi
"The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography
Michael Polanyi
"But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistr
Michael Polanyi
"And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the
George Mikes
"Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars"
George Mikes, Writer
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Small: The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of
George Mikes
"The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count"
George Mikes, Writer
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Small: An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one
George Mikes
"An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one"
George Mikes, Writer
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Small: We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional prin
Michael Polanyi
"We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will
Michael Polanyi
"So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the language"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on s
Michael Polanyi
"Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists some distinguishe
Michael Polanyi
"Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them
Michael Polanyi
"The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of
Michael Polanyi
"I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule"
Michael Polanyi, Scientist
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Small: When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values
"When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society"
George Soros, Businessman
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Small: President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values
"President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values"
George Soros, Businessman
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Small: I give away something up to 500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations sup
"I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it"
George Soros, Businessman
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Small: Bushs war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermin
"Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties"
George Soros, Businessman
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Small: The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea tha
"The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market"
George Soros, Businessman
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Small: Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and inc
"Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually"
George Soros, Businessman
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