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I've sold shows based on my standup twice to CBS, but they've never gone past the script stage. TV is very competitive.
The correct strategy in heads-up poker is based on identifying and acting upon your opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.
All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.
My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism.
I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.
A lot of people perceive women as sexy based on their outer appeal. But there's no way to mistake if a woman is confident.
We worked with David Thibodeau, who wrote a book about Waco, on which the series is based. He's one of the nine survivors.
I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.
Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.
The whole film genre is one of deceit. It is the suspension of disbelief. That's what all theater and all film is based on.
The plot of my 'Phantom' is pretty much mine. It's based on the Gaston Leroux book - I've taken a lot of liberties with it.
People wanted to make products based on our child's name, and you don't want anybody trying to benefit off your baby's name.
My personality is based on an anonymity and failure. Failure and anonymity, those are my strengths - superiority from below.
I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!
I'd rather make all my secrets public than have an image based on gossip. I'd rather put it out there myself and control it.
Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory.
Ninety percent of a good performance of an actor is based on the material. If you've got the material there, you can ride it.
I don't have any specific criteria on doing a drama based on where and what country. If I like the storyline, I'll go for it.
In the age of Trump, we need to be aware of emotional rhetoric and its power regardless of whether or not it's based in fact.
This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.
Our development strategy is based on a deep understanding of our customers. They want high-quality products and good service.
To move forward, what's required is a unified space agenda based on exploration, science, development, commerce, and security.
Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.
I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me.
I do have this belief that we all have a chance to be great, beautiful people based on how we are raised and our surroundings.
My art is based on impurity. You have to mix things from different refined cultures to get something raw, to make it go again.
The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.
At Cisco, I made every decision based on what was good for the company, and that pretty much ruined my marriage and my health.
Testimony is personal knowledge, based upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, that certain facts of eternal significance are true.
A wartime C.E.O. may not delegate. They make every decision based on the next product release. They may use a lot of profanity.
What would've been the downside of holding bin Laden accountable by our own values of justice by which our country is based on?
I can honestly say I am a Christian, but my spirituality has been developed on the road and is based on my experiences with God.
More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
While the hippocampus itself doesn't store memories, it serves to triage our experiences based upon their survival significance.
We built TransferWise focused on customer innovation. That means we build our product based first and foremost on our customers.
The look of 'Rebels' is based much more on the classic 'Star Wars' trilogy, where the 'The Clone Wars' was a prequel era series.
I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.
When people say good things about me, judge me based on my behaviour and work, that makes me happier than a film's success would.
Anytime you have the opportunity to do any kind of story that is based on a true story, I think those are the most inspirational.
I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation.
When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it's always tangled and political.
Constant rotation, based on a 19th century Army model, prevents spouses from putting down roots and gaining meaningful deployment.
I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.
Beethoven's reputation is based entirely on gossip. The middle Beethoven represents a supreme example of a composer on an ego trip.