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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from local sources. Every school should include food-growing in the curriculum. For some, that will mean twinning with willing farms. For others, it will mean literally building their own small farms.
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Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
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I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy.
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I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.
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Celebrities are just like us and like any of your friends. I love working with people.
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Always taken Donald Trump seriously. I think people have underestimated him.
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I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.
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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.
