J. J. Abrams Quotes
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Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.
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I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There was no revolutionary grandeur to it. Nothing.
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The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
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It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed.
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I was strong and healthy and I was enjoying what I was doing.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.
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There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.
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I actually love doing comedy!
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.
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In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
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College wasn't something I saw myself doing.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
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The huge difference in my lifetime is that you can just go up to somebody and make a pass. You couldn't do that in the 1950s if you were gay. There were secret handshakes, a secret language. There was nowhere you could go to be romantic outside of people's houses.
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I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo.
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It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little.
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Isn't that the greatest gift in the world-just not to care?
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There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.
