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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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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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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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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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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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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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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I don't remember how we happened to meet each other. I don't remember who got along with whom first. All I can remember is all of us together.always.
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When I'm home, I cook. I love cooking for people.
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An album is a thing you take time out and go work on.
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In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will be properly spent, as corruption and mismanagement in many of the recipient countries are legend.
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Remember, someone, somewhere in some corner of this somewhat big world, is out there crying if you're unhappy and is happy if you are! And you know who that someone is!
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
