Brad Bird Quotes
I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.
Quotes to Explore
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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We take the show very seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
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I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
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I overhaul myself for my roles. Sooner or later, I will get my due.
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I couldn't care less about business.
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There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing.
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There's more than one way to sense violence.
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Far from being the father of jihad, Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions because he was determined to effect a reconciliation with Mecca.
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If a woman isn't being hazed, she's not being tested; therefore, she is not being trusted.
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The Left has found the Ho Chi Minh Trail around democracy...to impose its views and values upon our society without having to win elections or persuade elected legislators.
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In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.
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The bluegrass community... can be very strict. I didn't know if I'd be welcomed into the bluegrass community or not, but I think they judge you very fairly... I felt really welcome.
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I think that's where reality TV works - you don't know where it's going.
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I never thought I would become amazing. I never thought I would be as great as my father. I would like to continue writing novels, and hopefully, at some point, I would like to make the switch from being 'Stephen Hawking's daughter' to 'novelist Lucy Hawking,' and that will be a fabulous day.
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They want us to get down. I'm going to get down.
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I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.
