Adam McKay Quotes
In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.
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The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they've been previously frozen. To a consumer, there's no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn't be.
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Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very easy to consider yourself a meditator and not be too alternative-minded.
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.
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Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
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I've never worked in advertising - my experience was as an editorial designer for magazines - but you could say, in the bigger picture, that magazines are vehicles for colour advertising.
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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
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All my songs are where I am.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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I'd much rather be liked because people realize that I'm standing up for myself.
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If you live in Europe . . . things change . . . but continuity never seems to break. You don't have to throw the past away.
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It all comes down to who you crucify, you either kiss the past or future good-bye.
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All we can do is just think about what we can put into the world - not really kind of what we can get out of it.
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I've always loved fantasy. I think it's a great way to look at issues that we have in our own lives with a little bit of the pressure off, you know.
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In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.
