Rachael MacFarlane Quotes
I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'
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Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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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'm not the type of person that is forced.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.
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I always wanted to do a movie that deals with America's horrific past with slavery, but the way I wanted to deal with it is - as opposed to doing it as a huge historical movie with a capital H - I thought it could be better if it was wrapped up in genre.
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For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want.
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I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'
