Mike Judge Quotes
I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
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The laptop computer is a workhorse. The tablet is just a display.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
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Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wake up with a song in my head, and I have to finish it so I can fall back asleep.
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I wouldn't know how to retire.
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In the theater, actors are the essential element of the work. In a film, it's a real collaboration - not that theater isn't, because it is - but it's a collaboration to such an extent that you can give a performance in film that sometimes you look at and you go, "Well, that's not the performance I was trying to give at all."
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It's not something that I have to do tomorrow or next week. I feel real comfortable just taking my time.
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A complete investment in the Obama administration required that any real opposition had to be demonized. The investment in Barack Obama had to be protected.
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I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.
