Bill Mumy Quotes
I bugged my mom and dad to 'get me inside the television set' when I was about four years old.
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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I can't be disappointed with my first gold in a senior championship, and to score 5000 points, which only one other woman, the world record holder, has got over, I am satisfied.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.
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The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.
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A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So believe me, I analyze and negotiate. That is a huge amount of the director's work, especially when you're working with people who - such a variety.
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When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant. And then I got a job in a grocery store deli. And then I got a job in a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground.
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I suppose no man becomes a pocket hunter by first intention.
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I bugged my mom and dad to 'get me inside the television set' when I was about four years old.
