J. J. Abrams Quotes
When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
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Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
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We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.
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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way.
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My life has been devoted to peacemaking.
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One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear a closer resemblance to it.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
