Pat Cadigan Quotes
TV and more TV. It looks like something out of an old movie," Sam said. “Forty, fifty years ago, they were always dragging out the TV screens when they wanted to show what the glorious future would look like. As if the future was just going to be more TV.” “And, as it turned out, it is,” Rosa said.
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I write in a small office at home.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.
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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.
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Bitcoin is here to stay. There would be a hacker uproar to anyone who attempted to take credit for the patent of cryptocurrency. And I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of hacker fury.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
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I'm an enormous Tim Burton fan.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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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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Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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When you come into my pieces, it's not an intellectual experience, it's a physical experience. It's coming at your body. There's light, there's sound, the lights in some pieces are going on and off. There's loud roaring sound happening.
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I got my best foot forward onto greener grass, cause there ain't no future living in the past.
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Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.
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I'm inspired by films from the early '50s, especially Jean Simmons in 'The Clouded Yellow' - and by vintage swing, psychobilly gigs, sea shanties, and English folklore.
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Commercials are art, too; they're 30-second movies starring people like me. If you look down on the medium, you're never going to book. If you don't love it, do not bother. Find another job you like.
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TV and more TV. It looks like something out of an old movie," Sam said. “Forty, fifty years ago, they were always dragging out the TV screens when they wanted to show what the glorious future would look like. As if the future was just going to be more TV.” “And, as it turned out, it is,” Rosa said.
