Jack Adams Quotes
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.
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On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.
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People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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Doubts never end. If one doubt is removed, another takes its place. It is like removing the leaves of a tree one by one. Even if all the leaves are clipped off, new ones grow. The tree itself must be uprooted.
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Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.
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This success led my theoretical group to the chemical reactivity theory, extending more and more widely the range of compound and reactions that were discussed.
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The state doesn't own your children. Parents own the children.
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We were very rich culturally. One Sunday each month, we would do this thing called Chamber Pots at somebody's house. A classical music group would come over and we'd have dinner. There were thirty people - parents and kids - and we'd sit on the floor and listen to this beautiful music.
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I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
