Michel Gondry Quotes
And I'm not a micromanagement guy. I prefer to spend my time doing other stuff than that.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
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Instead of waiting until the holiday season - when mail solicitations flood in from worthy organizations - and making a flurry of gifts because this is the time of year to give, sit down and take stock. Identify your passion, learn about it, and direct your time, mind, and dollars to aligned causes and organizations.
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At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.
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I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
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This is the time to pull together as a Nation, as different people from all over the States with different perspectives and different social statuses and different income brackets, to unify into one and help those on the ground who need our help the most.
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This has been a trend for a long time; the days of lifetime employment are long since over.
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'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day and, when the mix was done, feeling like I wanted to hear it over and over again. It was the comprehensive sound of the thing: the song itself, its character, the way the instruments sounded, and the way Tom Scott's tight horn arrangement fit in.
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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
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Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where people of all backgrounds come to have a good time.
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Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.
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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
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In America, it has been proven that the bulk of spending money is in the hands of women between 60 and 80, so it's so stupid. The people who do have the time and money to shop are either retired or empty-nesters.
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Most people in archeology find their specialties in strange and unique ways. I always wanted to do archaeology, and then the time came for me to actually be in the field, and it was excruciatingly boring. Excavation is really, really boring.
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What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I was just amazed by it. I just said, 'Hey Mom, can I do this too?' And so she signed me up for little theater classes, and I remember my first audition for a play when I was seven years old was for 'The Thankful Elf.'
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As I got more involved in music, one of the things that made me excited, from the time I was a child, was that clear link between our ancestors and the sounds we hear today.
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When I was a kid, and it was time to go to college, I thought, 'College is for people who don't have the street smarts to make it on their own - get in a band, get in a van, and get rockin'.
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I love road trips. If you haven't been on one in a while, it's time to put a trip on your calendar. Driving can help clear the cobwebs of your mind, and you can learn a lot about your fellow Americans while you're at it.
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We choose convenience over individuality every time-every time.
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In terms of my career and stuff, Game of Thrones has just been such a blessing because people really love the show.
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From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature.
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My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.
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The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible.
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And I'm not a micromanagement guy. I prefer to spend my time doing other stuff than that.
