Brad Bird Quotes
And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens.
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Success doesn't happen quickly. It happens from doing the same thing over and over, becoming great at it, and delivering great value to consumers.
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It is too often not realized that culture itself is an adaptive tool, one of whose main functions is to make the physiological emergencies come less and less often.
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And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.
