Aaron Koblin Quotes
It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
Quotes to Explore
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
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Schmoozers are brownnosers, sycophants more suited to middle management than to the Wild West of the entrepreneurial world.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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I love someone with something to prove.
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My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices.
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For hundreds of thousands of years, life was brutal. It still is for a good chunk of the planet. The technology and wealth we enjoy in North America is a very new development in history, and I think we miss the challenges of day-to-day survival in our comparatively easy modern lives. Some people will even create problems if they have none.
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I don't yell at people, I don't mistreat people. I don't talk down to people, so no one else in this building, in this vicinity, has the right to do it.
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Adaptations, especially movie musicals, are really hard to do.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
