J. J. Abrams Quotes
It is an incredible thing to see how many crazy things get thrown out that people then often write commentaries about how happy they are or how disappointed they are about something that's completely false. But, it's a lot of noise, frankly.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I'm giving you myself in the music. There's where the connection comes from; you can't Twitter that.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
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After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument.
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Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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People need to learn to live with more risk.
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Humor disarms people. They don't feel threatened.
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I used to hate getting dressed, getting in front of the camera and walking down the red carpet. It bothered me because I felt like I couldn't be what they wanted me to be. Now it's still not my favorite thing, but I get through it a lot easier because I know that my work brings value to who I am.
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It is an incredible thing to see how many crazy things get thrown out that people then often write commentaries about how happy they are or how disappointed they are about something that's completely false. But, it's a lot of noise, frankly.
