Adam McKay Quotes
The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.Adam McKay
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
Ingrid Newkirk -
I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
Larry Holmes -
I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
Mandy Moore -
I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
Jack Irons Pearl Jam -
A lot of times, we look at jazz in eras. How can we not keep those eras separate and think of the language as one complete continuum? It's all interrelated, and it's all evolutionary.
Aaron Diehl -
If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
Tamara Mellon
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
Vanity -
I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
Youssou N'Dour -
I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
Rachel Hurd-Wood -
My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.
Fay Wray -
After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
Nancy Grace -
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.
Yoko Ono -
When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
Camila Alves -
Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
Sam Smith -
I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
Damian Lewis -
At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
Rachel Kushner -
It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label...Most people don't have any dignity in the first place.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana
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I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart.
Robert H. Schuller -
The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
Madeleine Stowe -
I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.
Kiran Desai -
I was 22, and 40 was old. To be 40 again!
Lee Grant -
The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
Adam McKay