Adam McKay Quotes
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
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How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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I think I'm very old-fashioned.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I think the only consistent thing is that I like projects that explore different social themes. 'Our Family Wedding' is a comedy, but it deals with two different cultures coming together. It's also about people letting go.
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Every time you're on stage, you're acting.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Unfortunately, I don't get to read nearly as much as I want because I'm always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper columns.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
