Scott Adams Quotes
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally loved, and I accepted that. We ended the story the way we wanted it to end, and we stand by it. On my Twitter feed, I still get ten to fifteen positive comments for every negative one.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly gone wrong went wrong, including him ripping his trousers on stage. I think he was lunging and his trousers ripped! He was telling me how he had to find a new way of performing that didn't involve moving.
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Meditation helps me to calm down.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
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All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.
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It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
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I had cooked a lot in restaurants, in Rocky Point and on golf courses on Long Island, and my mother said, 'Be a chef,' and my dad said, 'Be a lawyer.' But instead, I auditioned for N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts.
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The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.'
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I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.
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I never like to wear too much makeup, and sometimes the best makeup is when it's not too perfect. I like to sometimes apply my makeup with my fingers.
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When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.
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The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.
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The glass I drink from is not large, but at least it is my own.
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I think any sort of system that gives teachers more opportunities like teacher-led schools is a positive one that's going to lead to better retention in the profession, and it's going to be more intellectually challenging, so teachers stay engaged with their work over the many years of their career.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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Most of our faculties lie dormant because they can rely upon Habit, which knows what there is to be done and has no need of their services.
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Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
