Adam McKay Quotes
If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
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The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness.
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I think the main reason is that people binge watch because they can. We're like dogs, really. If we like something, we tend to gorge ourselves on it until there's no more left. And as bingeing becomes possible and commonplace, it's only natural that shows should start to take it into account.
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I like people who are passionate, who have persevered, and who are clearly humble and not arrogant.
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Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters.
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If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
