Adam Pally Quotes
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'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.
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We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
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Working with Rosshan Andrews has been wonderful.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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When anyone recognizes you on the street, they are always very nice and genuine and excited to meet you.
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Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
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I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.
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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
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The migratory phenomenon exists, and Europe will have to face it together. The only alternative is a 'beggar-thy-neighbor' solution, in which countries try to load the problem off on their neighbors.
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The type of renovation I do most often is opening a kitchen to the family room.
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They say we die twice - once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.
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I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.
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Do you know what it is sir? Do you know what the Dance Dance Revolution is? It's not an actual revolution, so you don't have to worry about that. It's not like a bunch of Asians are going to knock on your door 'Hey! Start dancing!'
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A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes. The '[holding] the eel of science by the tail' allusion was used in 1728 by Alexander Pope (q.v.).
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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I'd say 80 percent of my auditions go very horribly.
