Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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I like things simple.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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I've met some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I can tell you lots of them are the most unattractive people I've ever met.
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I felt unworthy, and it's amazing how God kind of showed me that that's how we act as humans, and that's sometimes how we act in our Christian life.
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Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate.
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I wanted the attention I missed at home, so I became the leader of a gang. That way, I got attention and was recognized as being important. It wasn't a bad gang - you know, in poor districts in New York, there's a gang to every block. We never robbed at the point of a gun; we'd steal potatoes from a grocery store, or crackers.
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You start realizing that good prose is crunchy. There's texture in your mouth as you say it. You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. I'm a great believer in reading aloud.
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A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.
