Gene Roddenberry I was tired of writing for shows where there was always a shoot-out in the last act and somebody was killed. ‘Star Trek’ was formulated to change that. – Gene Roddenberry Change Quotes Formulated Quotes Killed Quotes Shootout Quotes Star Quotes Tired Quotes Trek Quotes Writing Quotes I’d been an Army bomber pilot and fascinated by the Navy and, particularly, the story of the Enterprise, which at Midway really turned the tide in the whole war in our favor. I’d always been proud of that ship and wanted to use the name. I remember myself as an asthmatic child, having great difficulties at 7, 8 and 9 years old, falling totally in love with ‘Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle’ and dreaming of having his strength to leap into trees and throw mighty lions to the ground.
Jeremy Grantham History speaks pretty clearly that the markets do better with Democrats. Republicans’ ideas of what constitutes fiscal responsibility simply are not good for the stock market. Democrats have many tendencies, but one of them is to look after the workers, and actually that tends to be good for demand and good for markets. – Jeremy Grantham
Eugenie Bouchard Someone that I’m really inspired by, and that I look up to, is Oprah. It’s amazing how she created such an empire. – Eugenie Bouchard
Maz Jobrani As the weeks went on, I realized there was an important role comedy would play in healing the tragedies of September 11. Comedy can help people cope, and many people were coming to the clubs to laugh out the stress. – Maz Jobrani
John Kenneth Galbraith The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo. – John Kenneth Galbraith
Jennifer Beals It doesn’t seem as if there’s that much of a difference between a big production and a little production, other than you have a smaller space in which to get dressed and you have a shorter waiting time. – Jennifer Beals
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