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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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
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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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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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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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I had to prepare the mind of the country, and to educate...our party. ... I had to prepare the mind of Parliament and the country on this question of Reform.
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I really believe that 'Saw' makes us stop and think and question our motives and what we're doing here on Earth.
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Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.
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I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important to do it as well as you possibly can.
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Early on, I knew I had ideas, but I wasn't sure when it was appropriate to bring them to the table, and I was so intimidated by these titans that I was working for. But it started around the time of 'Tron,' when I was really excited by the creative process and the prep that went into that. I spoke up often at those writing sessions.
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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.
