Scott Adams Quotes
The source of all unhappiness is other people. As soon as you learn to think of other people as noisy furniture, the sooner you will be happy. - Wally's Keynote Speech
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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I love working with women.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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People are incredible creatures of habit.
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When I first started doing comedy years ago, I used to be the biggest Michael Richards fan. I used to love this dude. He was on a TV show called 'Fridays,' and man, he was tall and lanky - and I was tall and lanky. I love physical comedy, and he was a physical comedian, and I said, 'Man, I love this guy.'
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I have fun at work.
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Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.
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I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too.
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When I was young, I used to tell my mum that she had to get me on the TV, but then modelling just sort of happened.
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With any job the main thing that makes the job is the people.
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The source of all unhappiness is other people. As soon as you learn to think of other people as noisy furniture, the sooner you will be happy. - Wally's Keynote Speech
