Carlton Cuse Quotes
Being a showrunner meant writing and producing a television show, period, but with 'Lost,' suddenly it became part of the job to promote and be the face of the brand. In a weird way, the story was as much the star as any of the actors, so people wanted to hear from us.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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Midi is my hobby.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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For the Negro, Andrew Johnson did less than nothing when once he realized that the chief beneficiary of labor and economic reform in the South would be freedmen. His inability to picture Negroes as men made him oppose efforts to give them land; oppose national efforts to educate them; and above all things, oppose their rights to vote.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
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Besides walking, I do stretches every day. I had back trouble starting when I turned 40, so I have to stretch out my muscles every day.
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I know what paranoia is like. I know what it is like to worry about what people are saying about you and become obsessed with what people are saying about you.
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There are stories that people don't want to talk about that brought this music through.
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Maybe it's your obligation to use your celebrity for more than just your new BMW. I use mine to make people smile.
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'Eh, Manuel, and will you re-model the world?' 'Who knows?' says Manuel, in the high pride of his youth. 'At all events, I do not mean to leave it unaltered.'
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Being a showrunner meant writing and producing a television show, period, but with 'Lost,' suddenly it became part of the job to promote and be the face of the brand. In a weird way, the story was as much the star as any of the actors, so people wanted to hear from us.
