Adam McKay Quotes
I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
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Since 2000, I've been based in Paris at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, curating the programme there. Internationally, it's a very open situation that goes beyond national boundaries; directors and curators move from one country to another, which has opened up the museum landscape.
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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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The commitments, schedule and sponsor appearances don't change. It gets more busy, because you get more popular, and the more popular you are, it actually gets more busy. They're like, 'Yeah, let's use her, she's hot right now. Let's do a shoot!'
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No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done.
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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes – ah, that is where the art resides.
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I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.
