Wayne McGregor Quotes
Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.
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I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.
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I feel like a lot of people think of Hollywood as being fake, but it's only perceived that way because it takes 10 people to make someone look the way that they do. In reality, they're there because they are doing what they're passionate about.
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Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.
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There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail.
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'Night Shift' is the only breakup song I've ever written.
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I don't have a visa for the U.S., and I don't want to apply for one. And I don't want to fly for that long.
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Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.
