Adam Pally Quotes
'Portlandia' - love it. I can consume three episodes of it without even realizing I'm watching TV.
Quotes to Explore
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The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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I must never write when I do not want to write.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Everything can be satirized.
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I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was agreeable too - it really was - to see him cut it off so smooth and juicy. There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen; it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of mind over matter; quite.
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The people in the Upper Midwest were the same kind of people I grew up around in Idaho.
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Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent - then shall the rest be added unto you.
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I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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'Portlandia' - love it. I can consume three episodes of it without even realizing I'm watching TV.
