Scott Hamilton Quotes
What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
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It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.
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Siberia is a state of mind.
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The success of 'Dhruva' has given me more satisfaction than any of my previous hits, simply because the audience accepted the film even though it was experimental. I really hope this kind of acceptance makes experimental cinema the new mainstream cinema.
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Yeah I think Pitch Black was edgy, I think that's what worked for our film.
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Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.
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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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I go for drives in the Flint Hills, which is the setting for 'The Virgin of Small Plains'.
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My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club.
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Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.
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The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation.
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Whether homemade granola or Matt's Munchies, I'm always snacking!
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I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.
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Visually, a lot of the electronic artists have really interesting video and interesting things like that.
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With TV, you're in people's houses every night. And you have so much time to tell stories. I don't know why I didn't do it before.
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What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.
