J. Michael Straczynski Quotes
We know that if memory is destroyed in one part of the brain, it can be sometimes re-created on a different part of the brain. And once we can unravel that amino chain of chemicals that is responsible for memory, I see no reason why we can't unlock it and, essentially, wipe out what's there.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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I had a very brilliant father who was not only intellectual, but was street-smart and very curious to boot. The day I found out that he didn't know everything, I grew up. It was a shock. I just thought that the man was the end-all of everything, and he knew the answer to everything. Then I found out I'd have to find out my own answers.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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I like people that are not frightened to say what they think.
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I don't know anyone who's 100 percent pure - nor do I have any interest in portraying anyone like that.
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I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing.
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I love bouncing between different genres. And comedy, obviously, is something I enjoy doing the most and I've had the most success with. But I'm open to all jobs and all genres.
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Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.
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Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.
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We know that if memory is destroyed in one part of the brain, it can be sometimes re-created on a different part of the brain. And once we can unravel that amino chain of chemicals that is responsible for memory, I see no reason why we can't unlock it and, essentially, wipe out what's there.
