Algis Budrys Quotes
That was the way things worked out: you got a certain fair share of good breaks from life, and you had no right to expect things your way every time.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.
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I'd never hurt another person.
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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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I make M-rated games for adults, you know, with guys wearing sunglasses at night and trench coats.
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History develops, art stands still.
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When you're young, you don't have much sense. You don't have any reasoning power. You don't have any ability to take a blow, an insult, a hurt in the right way. There is no way a child can do that. All a child can do is feel the pang of it, the heartache of it.
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I'm afraid of habit patterns...It would be too much of a routine if you had to establish definite ways of getting through things. You'd get very bored.
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When I come up with a melody in my head, it could be anywhere: in the shower, on the plane, in bed - often when I'm on the go. I'll record it on my phone with my own voice, humming. When I get to the studio, I check which melodies work.
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I had set out to disprove quantum field theory - and the opposite occurred! I was shocked.
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I love my work. It's been good to me.
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The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.
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I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.
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If I had to compete against someone almost two feet taller than me, I wouldn't want to play.
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To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing.
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If you're involved in an accident and you're at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you failed to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks?
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That was the way things worked out: you got a certain fair share of good breaks from life, and you had no right to expect things your way every time.
