Jemaine Clement Quotes
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
Nancy Roman -
I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
Baba Kalyani -
We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.
Ian Axel -
I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.
Idris Elba -
I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.
Lake Bell -
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
Jack Nicholson
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People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor.
Ha-Joon Chang -
I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
Calvin Harris -
I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.
Rachel Sklar -
Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
Francesca Annis -
Decisions are made by those who show up.
Aaron Sorkin -
I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.
Edie Falco
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I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing.
Obie Trice -
I'm compulsively on time. It drives me insane when people are late.
Zach Gilford -
As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.
Ban Ki-moon -
So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.
Gayle Forman -
The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day.
C. S. Forester -
The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.
Callie Thorne
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Maybe I've had a sheltered life and career, but I have so many role models to look up to. It's normal that I would strive to build my own career.
Lauren Bush -
Brave plays the long game on behalf of users first, and also publishers, to win a better Web with fast, safe browsing, anonymous micropayments, and user control over data.
Brendan Eich -
I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.
Kirsten Dunst -
But where was it when I first heard that sweet sound of humility?It came to my ears in the goddamn loveliest melody!How grateful I was, then, to be part of the mystery,To love, and to be loved!Let’s just hope that is enough.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes -
I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.
Brian Austin Green -
Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.
Jemaine Clement