J. Michael Straczynski Quotes
My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
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A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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I want every Grammy.
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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
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Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale.
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People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're just doing the same thing as everyone else - you know, sitting around watching TV with your gut hanging out, playing with your kid, or even sitting on the toilet. You know what's weird? Even I'm not that interested in my personal life any more.
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Strike the concertina's melancholy string!
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I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.
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My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
