J. J. Abrams Quotes
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.
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Since my father was a superstar, without me knowing it, I became a child star, as my father's entire fan base liked me, and I can't thank my father enough for this, as it was so effortless.
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.
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I knew a ton of actors and was friends with them, but I never dated actresses. I tried to date 'normal' people because the Hollywood dating rule is 'one star per couple' because it's quite a challenge to match the egos of two actors.
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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I think Star City should have Unesco World Heritage status. It will need to be adapted a little bit and made more glamorous than it looks now, but it should definitely be protected for the future.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.
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The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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My boy cousins used to sit my older brother and me down and take us through a film-studies course. It included 'Tremors', 'The Goonies', and, of course, 'Star Wars'. That was when it began: sitting cross-legged watching as the opening crawl goes up the screen.
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More than 200,000 kids have had their lives transformed by ARK. I use that word properly.
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I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.
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I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal.
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Why limit yourself? I feel like I can do anything.
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I feed off variety. I don't want to repeat myself if I can help it, but once they've seen you doing one thing, directors often just want you to do it again.
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Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources.
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As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
