J. J. Abrams Quotes
I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I honestly can't describe what goes on in my head when I'm out there. People who don't wrestle can't possibly understand it. When I'm in the ring, I don't feel any pain. I'm in another world out there.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
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I don't feel closeted.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.
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I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and give the book what's really 'at stake,' but ultimately it's not about them - it's always a personal story of everyday people thrust into life-threatening situations and having to perform heroic acts.
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We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.
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I was always the serious kid.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
