Tom Shadyac Quotes
As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself away. . . . I've always seen my life as an experiment. I just want to go to what works. As I felt the charity aspect in my life, the giving aspect, I felt a power and I've walked more into that.
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There is no such thing as being too independent.
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Live your lives. Go out; take walks amongst trees.
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Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.
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I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.
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Ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
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I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.
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I started working out with my mom in 4th grade. She used to take me to the track.
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Yes. I do about 70 shows a year, in the past year I've been to Italy, Australia, Japan, China, just about everywhere. I do it because I love singing. The money is a bonus.
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There's a lot of things I nerd out over. Quantum Mechanics. I also love Dungeons and Dragons. I want to be an astronaut.
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I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition.
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I'm a driven perfectionist, very self-critical.
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I always want to make an album that lets people immerse in it, kind of like you get caught up in a good movie.
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For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life.
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Until writing was invented, we lived in acoustic space: boundless, directionless, horizonless, the dark of the mind, the world of emotion, primordial intuition, terror. Speech is a social chart of this bog. (p. 13)
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I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may be rather nice.
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Pray for divine guidance in your goal setting.
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Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion."
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If you have cancer, the most important single consideration is to get the maximum amount of vitamin B17 into your body in the shortest period of time. This is secondary to the medical skill involved in administering it, which is relatively minimal.
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The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.
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As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself away. . . . I've always seen my life as an experiment. I just want to go to what works. As I felt the charity aspect in my life, the giving aspect, I felt a power and I've walked more into that.
