J. J. Abrams Quotes
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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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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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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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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What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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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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A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.
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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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It's fundamental to succeed in coming into contact with your subject. Whether it's a big Hollywood star or a passer-by in the street, it makes no difference.
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I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.
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Believe it or not, in 1969 the French writer Georges Perec wrote a palindromic story that was 500 words long! The whole story reads the same backwards as forwards.
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I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.
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The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. Naturally this was a fierce struggle; inhibitions of the most frightful kind had to be overcome, the panic fear, 'Is that possible, then?' So it came about that gradually a piece was written, firmly and consciously, that wasn't in a definite key any more.
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As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
