Gary Weiss Quotes
One problem with the focus on speculation is that it tends to promote the growth of the great intellectual cancer of our times: conspiracy theories.
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.'
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.
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Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are naturally able to focus deeply on one thought. In the middle of the day, distractions are unavoidable. I wonder if anything worthwhile has ever been written in the afternoon.
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I have lost count of how many wars I have actively and largely ineffectively tried to stop.
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I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second.
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One problem with the focus on speculation is that it tends to promote the growth of the great intellectual cancer of our times: conspiracy theories.
