Terence
Terence
Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence apparently died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. All of the six plays Terence wrote have survived...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionWriter
students dies
I was, am and always will be a student…, the day I stop learning, is the day I die.
population meals next
After working for TV, you realise that the majority of the population still wonders where their next meal is coming from.
want cinema actors
I want to become actor not because I want money and become more famous. No I don't want that. It is not that l want stardom, I want to contribute to good cinema.
lists doe fats
Food does not rank high on my list. I eat to live, and I'm very particular about my diet. It's strictly low fat diet for me.
drinking airplane thinking
I guess ... I'm going to get that ice cream sundae they give you on the airplane. I usually pass on that, but I think I'm actually going to get extra whipped cream and maybe even the chocolate syrup. I'm really winging it here. I'm going to be flying. It's really a little too early to start drinking.
fighting games office
Now, the big box office successes are superhero stories. It seems there's a lowest common denominator mentality, in terms of movies that are almost purely visual, that anyone can understand anywhere in the world. Good robot, bad robot: they fight. You don't need to know anything apart from that. And then we can make toys that look like that robot - and sell those toys or video games.
equity trading department
I was in the equity-trading department at Merrill Lynch. I was there in 1987 when the market crashed.
way distraction gangsters
Any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.
running
Eventually we all run out of road.
action affected decisions direct movement organized people protest
The people most affected have to be organized and activated?only a movement of direct action and protest is going to move those who make decisions to do the right thing.
goes guy takes versatile whatever
Whatever it takes for me to win, I'm down for it. Versatility goes a long way. The person who is most versatile has more going for him than a guy who does just one thing.
cruel fleming saw skinned tight
Bond was how Fleming saw himself; the sardonic, cruel mouth, the hard, tight skinned face.
actual despite
There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books.
belly instead
Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us.