Seth MacFarlane Quotes
When 'Family Guy' started, we wanted to make it more like a sitcom. And there was very little music.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
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When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.
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I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
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Belize pledges it continued support to the aspirations of the 23 million people of Taiwan to be full participants in all organs and agencies of the international community.
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I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.
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I've always felt that the traditional novel doesn't give you enough information about the narrator, and I think it's important to know the point of view from which these tales are told: the moral makeup of the teller.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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I couldn't do what I do day-in and day-out if I didn't love the game.
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To have a second movie that you're proud of and that actually turned out the way you wanted, shot by shot, I realize I'm probably going to be able to do this for a little while for my living.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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When I was younger, me and my brother got a video camera, and he used to direct and I used to act. We used to make these silly, stupid short films, which, looking back now, were probably horrible.
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I think they do it to pass the time, nothing more. But time is too large, it can't be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.
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I don't like to talk about other bands in interviews.
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Most of the things we buy are wants. And we call them needs, but they're wants.
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Smart companies fail because they do everything right. They cater to high-profit-margin customers and ignore the low end of the market, where disruptive innovations emerge from.
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As a busy working mom I'm always pressed for time, so a quick and easy beauty routine is key!
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You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for free.
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It still amazes me how many musicians aren't really interested in engaging with their audience at all. Alfred Brendel, a pianist for whom I have the greatest respect, has described performance as a sacred communion between the artist and the composer. But what about the audience? Music is communication, a two-way street.
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It's kind of crazy to see how many people actually listen to my music.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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When 'Family Guy' started, we wanted to make it more like a sitcom. And there was very little music.
