J. J. Abrams Quotes
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we always believe is that however prepared you are, if it's not meant to happen, it won't. And however much we have not planned, it will still happen if it's destined.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
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Albania is at risk and we are living in difficult times.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
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I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
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For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.
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Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.
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Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.
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The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.
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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
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I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.
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Consider this: The United States held its first presidential election in 1789. It marked the first peaceful transfer of executive power between parties in the fourth presidential election in 1801, and it took another 200 years' worth of presidential elections before the courts had to settle an election.
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I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist.
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When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.'
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Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
