Joseph Barbera Quotes
Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
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I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.
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Obama has no solutions. Obama has failed the country and its great citizens, and they don't like it when somebody such as myself speaks the truth about this - it hurts too much.
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Not that the path was smooth and pothole free. But still, it was my path, and like me, it was bound to be unique." -Zoey
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The function of a newspaper in a democracy is to stand as a sort of chronic opposition to the reigning quacks. The minute it begins to out-whoop them it forfeits its character and becomes ridiculous.
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I used to write exclusively with one particular Montblanc fountain pen, although lately I have had to use a roller-tip fountain pen, because I find it harder and harder to control the fine muscles of my right hand during prolonged periods of work. I buy boxes of Deluxe Uni-ball pens, use them until they start to drag, and then change.
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Jazz scares me. I've witnessed so many incredible singers and jazz musicians. Pop and soul music have always been the things that I felt like I could do.
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Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.
