Awards Quotes - Page 14

• The awards world can be ridiculous, but I'm not one to bash it. I love awards! When I've been nominated for Emmys and when I won my DGA Award, I couldn't have been happier. I always liked getting a gold star in class.

  Paul Feig

  Stars, Class, Gold

  "Q&A: Paul Feig". Interview with Stacey Wilson Hunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 20, 2011.

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• I don't need any more awards.

  Davy Jones

  Needs

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• Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.

  Chris Klein

  Sports, Swimming, Epic

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• In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

  Anil Kapoor

  India, Hindi, Bigger

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2009.

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• Actors like to play bad guys because they're more fun. They also win more awards.

  Dean Norris

  Fun, Winning, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you go to awards shows these days, you can walk through a room and they give you everything for free: sunglasses, guitars, stuff for the wife.

  Jordan Knight

  Guitar, Giving, Wife

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• I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

  Louise Penny

  Successful, Thinking, Care

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• Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Struggle, Long, Achievement

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• Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.

  Patti Smith

  Beautiful, Book, Acceptance

  "National Book Award for Patti Smith". National Book Award Acceptance speech, www.nytimes.com. November 17, 2010.

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• Designers must educate the public that design is about strategy, not decoration. However, such attempts are repeatedly undermined by a design world hooked on competitions and awards ceremonies that celebrate creativity instead of strategy results and sustainability.

  David Berman

  Creativity, Design, Competition

  David B. Berman (2008). “Do Good Design: How Design Can Change Our World”, p.140, Peachpit Press

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• No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.

  Ian Rankin

  Book, Matter, Next

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• I aint gotta get a plaque, I aint gotta get awards I just walk up out the door, all the girls will applaud

  Nicki Minaj

  Girl, Doors, Bragging

  Song: I'm The Best, Album: Pink Friday, 2010

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• Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Real, Bodybuilding, College

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• [Before introducing the nominees for best animated film] If you're at the awards party with the guys who made the Lego Movie, now would be a good time to distract them.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Party, Guy, Would Be

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• It's so embarrassing to receive an award for doing what you should be doing.

  Arthur Hiller

  Embarrassing, Embarrassment, Should

  "Arthur Hiller, Director of 'Love Story,' Dies at 92" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 17, 2016.

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• 'Reach for a (cigarette) instead of a sweet' - ...advertising slogan..(of) Albert Lasker, (with) Mary Lasker, health philanthropist, and originator of the Lasker Awards, an American version of the Nobel Prize. ...and Memorial Sloan Kettering trustees.

  Ralph W. Moss

  Sweet, Dark, Memorial

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• He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets
  first row tickets to see Messi win his awards.

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  Winning, Guy, Messi

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• Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

  Alan Alda

  Encouragement, Giving, Get Better

  "2005 Tony Awards Q&A: Alan Alda". Interview with Robert Diamond, www.broadwayworld.com. May 20, 2005.

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• [from the television show,"Evade the Question Time"]At the end of the first round, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.

  Jasper Fforde

  Party, Intelligent, Government

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• The quest for the next key art awards begins with tomorrow's hangover

  Nick Offerman

  Art, Hangover, Keys

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• Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.

  Chanakya

  Punishment, People, Administration

  "Arthashastra" by Kautilya, translated by R. Shamasastry, Book I, (Ch. 4), 1915.

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• Who doesn’t want a Cy Young Award? What kid didn’t grow up wanting to be the best? I’m no different. I want to be the best. I’ve always wanted to be the best.

  R.A. Dickey

  Growing Up, Kids, Want

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• Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility

  Dwyane Wade

  Responsibility, Fatherhood, Privilege

  Dwyane Wade (2012). “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.

  Amy Adams

  Real, Views, Roles

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• School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

  Amber Heard

  School, College, Bored

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