Baratunde Thurston Quotes
By the time I got to Harvard, I feel like I knew who I was, and my job there was to throw as much against the wall as possible, to see what would stick.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
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It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.
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They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
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I don't want to live on past records.
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On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.
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Being on a movie set when you have a great strong people there supporting you can be very nurturing. You get to explore these creative parts of yourself as a child that most people don't explore until they're in college.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music.
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Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story.
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I have been writing since I was a kid. I also traveled a good deal for my work and did extended stays in places like Geneva.
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I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.
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By the time I got to Harvard, I feel like I knew who I was, and my job there was to throw as much against the wall as possible, to see what would stick.
