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Michael Mann
American Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Born Friday 5 February 1943
Seth Grahame-Smith
American Author, Producer, Screenwriter
Born Sunday 4 January 1976
Paul Greengrass
English, British, Writer, Journalist, Director, Screenwriter
Born Saturday 13 August 1955
Stanley Weiser
American Screenwriter
Irving Ravetch
American Producer, Screenwriter
Sunday 14 November 1920 - Sunday 19 September 2010
Jimmy Sangster
English Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Friday 2 December 1927 - Friday 19 August 2011
Sonya Levien
Russian Writer, Screenwriter
Tuesday 25 December 1888 - Saturday 19 March 1960
Norman Reilly Raine
American Writer, Screenwriter
Saturday 23 June 1894 - Thursday 7 July 1971
Dan Totheroh
American Screenwriter
Sunday 22 July 1894 - Friday 3 December 1976
Frederic Raphael
American Writer, Novelist, Journalist, Screenwriter
Born Friday 14 August 1931
Nicholas Pileggi
American Author, Screenwriter
Born Wednesday 22 February 1933
Harry Essex
American Writer, Screenwriter
Tuesday 29 November 1910 - Wednesday 5 February 1997
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A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: fat, stomach, sticks, far, prevents, looking, down, seeing, going, around
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There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: times, more, courageous, cowardly
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An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: artist, remain, true, otherwise, talent, stomach, grows, fat, stuffy
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As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: Oscar, Wilde, said, bad, ideas, nowhere, else, emigrate, America, become, University, courses
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The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: television, critic, whatever, pretensions, does, labour, same, vineyard, criticizes, grapes, all, sour
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Happens to everybody. Horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: happens, horses, dogs, men, nobody, gets, life, alive
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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: another, little, drink, ill, maybe, work, some, real, family, feeling, here
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Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.

Norman Reilly Raine

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One can spend too much of one's life locked in stuffy rooms seeking out obscure truths, searching, researching, until one is too old to enjoy life.

Norman Reilly Raine

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We've restored life where life was extinct. It's no longer sufficient to bring the dead back to life. We must create from the beginning, we must build up our own creature, build it up from nothing.

Norman Reilly Raine

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A benevolent mind, and the face assumes the patterns of benevolence. An evil mind, then an evil face.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: benevolent, mind, face, assumes, patterns, benevolence, evil
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The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U.S. history.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: ability, Americans, toss, off, oppressive, characters, rewarding, aspect, history
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Somebody ought to tell him his ambition is showing.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: somebody, tell, ambition, showing
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Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: well, seems, scientist, need, both, vision, confidence
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Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: remembering, painful, difficult, inspiring, give, wisdom
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In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

Norman Reilly Raine

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The people who went on that airplane were unexceptional.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: people, went, airplane, unexceptional
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Why are people saying it's too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now.

Norman Reilly Raine

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Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.

Norman Reilly Raine

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It was this weird confrontation of these two delicious flavors that got me consciously or subconsciously combining Lincoln and vampires as an observational in-joke with myself.

Norman Reilly Raine

Words: weird, confrontation, two, delicious, flavors, consciously, subconsciously, combining, Lincoln, vampires, observational
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