Scott Adams Quotes
I discovered what I call the Bill Gates effect. That is, the more successful you are, the uglier you get.
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of all things, would be southern soul barbecue.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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'Halal in the Family' will expose a broad audience to some of the realities of being Muslim in America. By using satire, we will encourage people to reconsider their assumptions about Muslims, while providing a balm to those experiencing anti-Muslim bias. I also hope those Uncles and Aunties out there will crack a smile!
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.
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A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
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At Juilliard, suddenly I was reading these great plays that could articulate the ways I was feeling in the Marine Corps, and that felt very therapeutic, by putting words to feelings, in a big way.
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I like the classic look. Keep it simple. There's only so much you can wear.
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A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.
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Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
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Just remember, it all started with a mouse.
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It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.
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At the end of the day, you have to be yourself, you have to say and stand for what you believe in, you have to be willing to get up and go ahead and take the slings and arrows and just try to persist through them, because it's apparently an inevitable part of our American democracy.
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Nothing's funny about someone who's successful.
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Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'.
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I discovered what I call the Bill Gates effect. That is, the more successful you are, the uglier you get.
