Tom Shadyac Quotes
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
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Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.
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I worked for Microsoft until 1996, till I had a different angle to view life. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and control my own destiny.
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
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We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - get the job done.
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Several particular maxims... are as powerful, although false, in carrying away belief, as those the most true.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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I never dreamt to be a princess in my life; I really dreamt to be an actress, but I dreamt of princesses on screen.
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Nobody likes being told who or what they are.
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When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.
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I am a strong supporter of President Obama and was the first national Hispanic elected official to endorse him, and I want him to be reelected in 2012.
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My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words.
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I have the mindset of a mid-level guy or a minimum guy. My path here wasn't expected: my path wasn't that I was going to the NBA and making $16 million a year. So I identify more with those guys, and I want to be a voice for them. I want to help them elevate their status in the league. That's my goal.
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I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you're successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don't get to that point.
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Twitter is an amazing public tool with an incredible capacity for public good.
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I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.
