Elliott Sober Quotes
I disagree with the widely held view that it is metaphysical necessity, not nomological, that matters in the mind/body problem.
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I don't deal with the whole 'bad boy who doesn't call you.' That doesn't interest me at all, and I just look the other way.
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After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
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People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played.
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When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it.
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of playing folk music, I kinda rediscovered those hits that were on the radio all the time when I was a kid.
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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.
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There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.
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My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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Besides, there were 50,000 fans or more there, and they wanted to see the best you've got. There was an obligation to the people, as well as to ourselves, to go all out.
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Nixon was kind of a loner, he had a cold personality.
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
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I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes.
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I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.
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I disagree with the widely held view that it is metaphysical necessity, not nomological, that matters in the mind/body problem.
