Adam Jones Quotes
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With great artists like Elvis, sometimes the songs weren't the greatest thing about him. When I tried to perform some of the songs, I noticed some of the tunes weren't all that brilliant, but it was the performance that sold them.
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films.
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I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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We must realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.
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My future plans are hazy, and I've yet to experience how much cartooning is in my blood and therefore how much I'll miss it. But I have some other interests, especially in music, and I will probably take the opportunity to delve into those things more deeply.
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When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis.
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I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.
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The world can criticize me, but l can always criticize it back.
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My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
