Mel Brooks Quotes
Igor: My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. Of course the rates have gone up.
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, 'What bad guys should I go after today?'
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
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Some ticket buyers think they don't like Jews.
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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
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I've always found the rain very calming.
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To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
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I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.
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'Politico Magazine' listed me among the top 50 'thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics' for my work in coalitions advancing net neutrality.
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When we were children, we often played war. We had a fine collection of lead soldiers. My brothers would take different countries: Xavier had Italy; Pierre, Germany. Or they would swap around. Well, I, gentlemen, always had France.
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Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.
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Igor: My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. Of course the rates have gone up.
