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Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture. John Patrick
Finance Culture People Other Marketing Distribution Web Disciplines Were Existing Quite Experienced Who Companies Many Necessarily
Playwriting is the last great bastion of the individual writer. It's exciting precisely because it's where the money isn't. Money goes to safety, to consensus. It's not individualism. John Patrick Shanley
Great Money Safety Playwriting Individual Writer Individualism Exciting Because Goes Precisely Where Consensus Last
Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but it's not enough. John Patrick Shanley
Enough Like Bulb Works Monogamy
Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge. John Patrick Shanley
Life Challenge Life Is A Big Lead Big Challenge Trying Fruitful Interesting Interesting Life
When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him home, you have to do it. John Patrick Shanley
Alone Home Me You Travel Man Old Father Too Finally Take Had He Him Go Ireland Old Man Ask Asked
I did 'Doubt' as a film, a play and an opera. John Patrick Shanley
Doubt Opera Did Film Play
I'm Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish Midlands. He and his brothers had been shepherds there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed away from the old country till I was over 40. I just couldn't own being Irish. John Patrick Shanley
Music Old Father Country Sheep Own Hell Farm Other Side Back Stayed Born Brothers Had He Over Cattle Till Shepherds Been His Surrounded Up Irish Just Being Grew Old Country Away Kelly Early
Women consume, and they must be directed what to consume, or they may identify you as lunch. John Patrick Shanley
You Women Lunch Must Directed Consume Identify May
I would say that my parents were intermittently proud of me. They couldn't hang onto it, you know? It would come and go, like the flu. John Patrick Shanley
Me You Flu Parents Say Would Onto Come Like Come And Go Know Proud Go Were Hang
When I visited Ireland with my father and heard the people on the farm talking, I couldn't believe the gift of language they had. I felt very untalented. John Patrick Shanley
People Gift Language Father Farm Believe Visited Had Talking Felt Heard Ireland Very
There is some level on which this life must occasionally become repugnant and unappetizing to you and you must step back from it. And then you have a new relationship with it, and then you step back into it from a different angle - with a new appetite - and then you find the next leg of your journey. John Patrick Shanley
Life Journey Relationship You Become Back Must Find Some Angle Step New Occasionally Leg Different Which Repugnant Then Next Your Appetite Level
'The Miracle Worker' is just such an incredibly powerful play on stage, and is so kinetic, and athletic. John Patrick Shanley
Stage Incredibly Athletic Kinetic Miracle Powerful Just Worker Play
When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. That's what writing a screenplay is. John Patrick Shanley
You People Writing Think Direct Write True Lot Movie Screenplay
The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters. John Patrick Shanley
Economics Characters Write Modern Fewer Theater Plays
You have to live in order to have something to write about - you get caught up in moviemaking and celebrities and money, and it's very intoxicating, but it doesn't give you what you need as a writer. You have to do something else for that. John Patrick Shanley
You Money Live Else Intoxicating About Give Something Something Else Write Writer Caught Up Very Celebrities Get Order Moviemaking Need
I've done very well in the film business. Whenever I have wanted something, the film business has given it to me. I'm very fortunate. My big problem in life has always been, 'What do I want?' John Patrick Shanley
Life Me Business Problem Big Something Given Well Always Been Very Big Problem Done Whenever Want Wanted Fortunate Film Film Business
I've been writing plays since the seventies and only came to moviemaking when I basically realized that I needed some money to pay the rent. I started to watch films with an eye to figuring out how to write them. John Patrick Shanley
Writing Money Pay Films Seventies Eye Out Some Only Write Since Rent How Came Been Moviemaking Them Realized Figuring Watch Started Basically Needed Plays
Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you don't. John Patrick Shanley
Music You Brilliant Would Some David Burn Crash Either Body Your Your Body Actor Plays
It wasn't until I was 35 or 36, when I wrote 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' that I began to get some notoriety, though I only made $5,000. John Patrick Shanley
Made Though Danny Some Only Until Wrote Began Get Blue Sea Notoriety Deep
When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire. John Webster
Man Mind Faster Both Horse His Quickly Than Tire Gallop Rides
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue. John Webster
Man Happy Argument Own Virtue Examples Most His Actions
In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air. John Webster
Care Our Air Follow Bubbles Like Boy Quest Greatness Pastime Blown Wanton After Whose
All things do help the unhappy man to fall. John Webster
Man Unhappy Fall All Things Help Things
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. John Webster
Wisdom Folly Proceeds
That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects. John Webster
Great Man Ruin Strongly Checks His Friend Who Belief Rails Defects
In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality. Katori Hall
Great You Equality World Care Community About Just Order Your
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