Barry Eisler
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FRANCOIS HOLLANDE CHANNING TATUM JASON DAY Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. I... JOE ELLIOTT I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many peo... EDIE FALCO BELA LUGOSI I can't understand people who give up and commit suicide. If I have a bad day, I figure tomorrow... ROD MCKUEN FAY GODWIN RACHAEL RAY JULIE ANDREWS I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'... DYLAN O'BRIEN DAVE EGGERS I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn'... AIDAN QUINN JACK VANCE I'm really not good at anything else, so if I don't make it as a musician, I'll probably... ELLE KING Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to g... , "THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS" ZACH JOHNSON I treat politics kind of like my religion. It's something I believe in, but I don't want to ... JERRY SPRINGER I have no great desire to play a great role. You can't make quality on TV anyway. It's alway... WAYNE ROGERS A. S. BYATT SAMUEL GOLDWYN PATRICK NESS CLARENCE THOMAS We're in the process of transition as an industry, so there's still?a need for a specialist group to... DAVID COHEN Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have forc... LYNNE TRUSS In my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a wr... AYAD AKHTAR I think pregnancy, like life, is what you make it. I received a good hand. I'm thankful and bles... MARA BROCK AKIL Just as I had to go through a transition period, I guess [my friends and family] did, too. , I GOT THIS: HOW I CHANGED MY WAYS AND LOST WHAT WEIGHED ME DOWN, 2012 CHRIS PINE CARL HIAASEN I didn't have any knowledge of the music industry when I first got to L.A., and I really didn... SKYLAR GREY It never ceases to amaze me that readers who are willing to suspend their disbelief when it comes to... MARK BILLINGHAM JOYCE CAROL OATES FRANK SINATRA HUGH JACKMAN MACAULAY CULKIN WOODY HARRELSON KATE KLISE ALEXA VEGA JOHNNY WEIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE COURTENEY COX I believe I'm a better writer now than I was when I started. I'm grateful that I had good gu... SHARON DRAPER BUSY PHILIPPS JOHN MALKOVICH AVICII I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ... IAN RANKIN If I'm going to make something in the kitchen, even if it's something as simple as a sandwic... KYLE MACLACHLAN GAIL COLLINS MARIE HELVIN I had an uncle who was a tool-and-die maker at Ford and had a good career. I liked the creative side... JOE DYAMENT I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and th... J. M. G. LE CLEZIO The writing process isn't something I'm in love with. I'm an illustrator who writes. CHRIS RIDDELL I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dul... DANIEL HANDLER That transition is not easy for many publishers. For those who get the importance of search and navi... ASHLEY HIGHFIELD I don't really think of myself so much as a writer as a stylist, someone who came into writing f... LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM I love the entertainment business. I have a lot of friends in it, but it wasn't my passion. The ... CASEY WASSERMAN A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is pain... BILL DICKEY JANE SEYMOUR JAMIE LEE CURTIS CHRISTOPHER GUEST BARBARA HAMBLY It's always the music first for me. But if the music isn't selling, there isn't gonna be... AKON Find a way and make it happen: I've always been the type of person who couldn't rest until I... 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I think we play better the more pressure there is and that's... LAURIE EISLER We've made some fixes and now the ultimate test will be to see how we hold together. It's sort of a ... LAURIE EISLER This is a new chapter and we're focused on what we need to do. LAURIE EISLER It really brings out the competitive juices. LAURIE EISLER I think women in general tend to go out and be social in small groups and they are often very territ... MATT EISLER BARRY BARRY BARRY Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the d... BARRY JENKINS BARRY WHITE BARRY RITHOLTZ BARRY COMMONER BARRY COMMONER LYNDA BARRY DAVE BARRY I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska. SAM BARRY Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad wor... SAM BARRY I picked up a harmonica and taught myself. SAM BARRY TODD BARRY We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the a... BARRY UNSWORTH KEVIN BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY DAVE BARRY LYNDA BARRY I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, ... BARRY JENKINS I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ... BARRY ZITO I can count my friends on one hand. BARRY ZITO I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anythin... BARRY ZITO Big league defense is going to get outs most times. BARRY ZITO The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield. BARRY ZITO It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them ... BARRY ZITO I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid. BARRY ZITO I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people... BARRY ZITO I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally. BARRY ZITO I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast. BARRY ZITO I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no ... BARRY ZITO Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he ... BARRY ZITO I just write mechanical things. BARRY ZITO I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them. BARRY ZITO Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If i... BARRY ZITO Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, ... BARRY ZITO Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works... BARRY ZITO I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can be... BARRY ZITO When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. ... BARRY ZITO I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the score... BARRY WILLIAMS Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost. BARRY WILLIAMS BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE BARRY WHITE In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is. BARRY WATSON I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with bei... BARRY WATSON I did. I did see Bigfoot when I was a kid and I still believe it to this day. I saw a big furry man ... BARRY WATSON It was tough trying to figure out how to put on all the women's clothes. BARRY WATSON Helen Mirren is like the sexiest woman on the planet to me. She is. Just the way she goes about ever... BARRY WATSON I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. ... BARRY WATSON I think most people, even if they say they hate horror movies, there's that feeling you get insi... BARRY WATSON Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.' BARRY TOOK It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at ... BARRY TOOK There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just ... BARRY TOOK It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it. BARRY SWITZER I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve. BARRY STERNLICHT I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort l... BARRY STERNLICHT There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments. BARRY STERNLICHT There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans ... BARRY STERNLICHT If it can be profitable to be green, that's just smart business. BARRY STERNLICHT If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to ... BARRY STERNLICHT You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity. BARRY STERNLICHT I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch. BARRY STERNLICHT We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us. BARRY STERNLICHT You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company tha... BARRY STERNLICHT Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportuniti... BARRY STERNLICHT I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attenti... BARRY STERNLICHT Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight pe... BARRY STERNLICHT Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money. BARRY STERNLICHT I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hote... BARRY STERNLICHT The American dream is still to own your home. BARRY STERNLICHT I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of differe... BARRY STERNLICHT It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets. BARRY STERNLICHT Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak... BARRY STERNLICHT The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did som... BARRY STERNLICHT It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionat... BARRY STERNLICHT As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed. BARRY STERNLICHT I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach! BARRY STERNLICHT Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say a... BARRY SONNENFELD When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that... BARRY SONNENFELD They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh. BARRY SONNENFELD These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of the... BARRY SONNENFELD Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big... BARRY SONNENFELD It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing. BARRY SONNENFELD I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out ... BARRY SONNENFELD I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be consid... BARRY SONNENFELD I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a bi... BARRY SONNENFELD I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years. BARRY SONNENFELD I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actuall... BARRY SONNENFELD There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an... BARRY SONNENFELD Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Pa... BARRY SONNENFELD By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first ... BARRY SONNENFELD We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on. BARRY SONNENFELD I was born with an evil face. BARRY SLOANE I've never seen any character I've ever played as a bad guy or a good guy. BARRY SLOANE I was blessed with a good character in 'Hollyoaks,' and I cut my teeth in 'Brookside'... BARRY SLOANE Essentially, if you decide to sell a widget using BitPay, and you sell the widget for $100, in Bitco... BARRY SILBERT That's a term that I really like - 'permissionless innovation' - because anybody who has... BARRY SILBERT Our mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system; it's not just develop... BARRY SILBERT To be a more efficient, faster, and cheaper way to send money around the world, you have to be able ... BARRY SILBERT We are very excited about the use of blockchain, whether it's Bitcoin or not, but we are as enth... BARRY SILBERT Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered. BARRY SILBERT You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a moneta... BARRY SILBERT As people want to move money around the world, they're going to be moving in and out of bitcoin ... BARRY SILBERT As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services,... BARRY SILBERT People have been scared off Bitcoin by the fact that you needed to put your money in an unregulated ... BARRY SILBERT Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful ... BARRY SILBERT Just like the Internet disrupted the publishing industry, we're going to see Bitcoin micropaymen... BARRY SILBERT The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It... BARRY SILBERT Once Wall Street starts putting money into Bitcoin - we're talking about hundreds of millions, b... BARRY SILBERT While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day ma... BARRY SILBERT I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championshi... BARRY SHEENE Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect. BARRY SHEENE It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault. BARRY SHEENE I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomor... BARRY SHEENE They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan. BARRY SHEENE It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One. BARRY SHEENE I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission. BARRY SHEENE Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me. BARRY SHEENE I'd get to within a yard of that door you walk through and the thing would go mad. I used to car... BARRY SHEENE I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. Bu... BARRY SCHWARTZ How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Y... BARRY SCHWARTZ Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them. BARRY SCHWARTZ What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about so... BARRY SCHWARTZ
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Money doesn't matter on a deeply personal level. It doesn't make you feel any happier. But o... 
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The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. 
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I am not that attached to material things. And the good thing is I can make choices. I have very few... 
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The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them. 
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All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. 
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A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. 
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. 
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books. 
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off. 
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