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Aaron Sorkin Inspirational Quotes (103)

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There are no Asian movie stars
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Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
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I don’t believe there are two sides to every argument. I think the facts are the center. And watching the news abandon the facts in favor of “fairness” is what’s troubling to me.
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Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character.
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But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show. They didn't set up their business model to make writers happy. It's just a nice unintended consequence.
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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.
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Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.
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If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.
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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy, I'm a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me? and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.
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It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren't that many tour-de-force roles out there for women.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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Never argue with a drunk or a fool.
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A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.
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It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.
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She's a person the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.
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