Scott Adams Quotes
It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.
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I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.
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I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.
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I would love an upgrade from the Nielsen box; it feels so antiquated to me.
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In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story.
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All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're just underwritten. They have no internal monologues; they could be absolutely anyone.
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lf l am not mistaken, the words 'art' and 'artist' did not exist during the Renaissance and before: there were simply architects, sculptors, and painters, practicing a trade.
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A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive, independent profit centres, and thus destroy the system. . . . The secret is cooperation between components toward the aim of the organization. We can not afford the destructive effect of competition.
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Natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa.
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Novelists are in the business of constructing consciousness out of words, and that's what we all do, cradle to grave. The self is a story we tell.
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America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness.
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The nature of Scandinavians is that they don't talk so much, there will be these dark secrets, and most things are under-communicated.
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I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, 'I could do that.' They said, 'Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.'
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I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.
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I think dance is amazing because what people don't realize is like when you dance your spirit and your soul get ignited. You're not only releasing endorphins, but also your spirit is awakening. It makes you feel good and happy.
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I was a bad kid. I say this without pride but with a feeling that it is better to say it. I live with one great hope: to help kids who now stand where I stood as a boy. If what I have to say here helps even one of them avoid some of my own mistakes, or take heart from such triumphs as I have had, this book will serve its purpose.
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I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
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I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography.
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If you have less games, less back-to-backs, the product's better. The fans will appreciate it more. You see those college guys playing so hard, but they play 36 games in the same amount of time we play 82 almost.
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What we need is a full field guide to the microbes that live in and on people, so that we can understand what they're doing to our lives. We are them; they are us.
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It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation.
