Joseph Barbera Quotes
Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.
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There is a lot more to me than just being a crazy fighter.
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I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
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The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.
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The special relationship between twins is that, if there's anyone else in the world that's going to get or be the confidant that you need, it's an identical twin.
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It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
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I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.
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A girl can never have too many lipstick options!
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Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do.
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South Central is just who I am. Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out.
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I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know anyone who does. But this is certain: too many people have lost their lives who shouldn’t have.
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The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
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Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.
