Jack Adams Quotes
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
Quotes to Explore
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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Business is tough; you need tough guys.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
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After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
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Mint's business model became, 'We'll go for free, and then we'll find these savings opportunities for you.' You know, better interest rate on your credit cards, when should you consolidate your student loans, when does it mathematically make sense to refinance your mortgage, and Mint figures all that stuff out for you.
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I was so passionate about wanting the role in 'Like Crazy,' I filmed myself in the shower because that's where one of the scenes was set. It just felt instinctive. It was a close up! It would have been strange if I'd sent off a wide shot of myself. That's not the kind of work I want to do!
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Translation is the art of failure.
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I remember when I was very young, I had a fever - a long rheumatic fever in bed for four months. And in the days, I stayed alone with the maid. I only had my father's books with me. They were fantasy books about ghosts, and also books by Edgar Allen Poe that made a forever impression on me.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
