Bonnie Hammer Quotes
When NBC bought USA and SCI FI in 2004, Jeff Zucker put me in charge of USA Networks. We did a lot of research to find out what was working and what wasn't, and we actually had to hear a lot of things we didn't like. USA was predictable; it was boring.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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While the protection of speech is at the bedrock of our democracy, it's critical as a nation that we exercise our right every day - and that includes embracing and engaging with those we may not agree with.
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Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.
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India may be the only country in the world that has been free of anti-Semitic prejudice throughout its history.
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Mutations can arise anywhere in the genome, in gene DNA and noncoding DNA alike. But mutations to genes have bigger consequences: They can disable proteins and kill a creature.
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I had a calling to become what I became - I was created to do this.
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Oscar Williams’s new book is pleasanter and a little quieter than his old, which gave the impression of having been written on a typewriter by a typewriter.
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I ain't got no beef with Obama.
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Every time I give a talk, I ask the audience - especially if it's kids - how many want to go to Mars. At least half raise their hands. I don't think there's going to be any shortage of volunteers.
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More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant.
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An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
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I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America.
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I operated a business where I let someone steal three-quarters of a million dollars.
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The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted. Music is all form and content and elevates and ennobles everything that it expresses.
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My plays are ultimately about love, honor, duty, betrayal.
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I do feel I have all the qualities of a film star but then why didn't I make it that big? I blame it on my destiny. I was not there at the right place at the right time.
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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard.
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When NBC bought USA and SCI FI in 2004, Jeff Zucker put me in charge of USA Networks. We did a lot of research to find out what was working and what wasn't, and we actually had to hear a lot of things we didn't like. USA was predictable; it was boring.
