Genndy Tartakovsky Quotes
The computer is designed to mimic reality. And in an animated world, in my perspective, that's the worst thing to do. I want people to walk into a movie theater and be transported to a different world.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
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You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
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I think that when you make yourself vulnerable, the thing that you do next is better. It's not like you have to inflict pain on yourself in order to make yourself better, but I think it helps. The thing that bonds you to a new friend isn't that you went to a really fun party; it's 'cause you had a really weird, sad conversation.
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I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!
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Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.
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When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.
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They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
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I grew up in the church. I was raised in the church.
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For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.
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I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.
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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.
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End rhymes are not enough. Every word-sound in a poem should find an echo in another, neighbouring word's sound to achieve what Ezra Pound called melopoeia. (This is something like what the Welsh call Cynghanned.)
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The computer is designed to mimic reality. And in an animated world, in my perspective, that's the worst thing to do. I want people to walk into a movie theater and be transported to a different world.
