J. J. Abrams Quotes
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.
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Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want to belong, that you are an outsider and will always be an outsider. It is the idea that you are flawed and cannot be fixed. It is wanting to be loved and feeling unlovable, or wanting to love and feeling that you are not capable of loving.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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We can only learn to love by loving.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks.
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I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist... that my music can appeal to people of all ages.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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I wanted to be the most famous. And it wasn't until I hung out with Justin Bieber that the whole thing got demystified. The mystique of it was gone.
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It's all too easy to forget that cultural fit is a two-way street. Yes, the candidate needs to gel well with your company's vibe and mission. But, you also need to fit in with her desires, goals, and long-term career vision. It's not a one-sided relationship.
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I love recording music.
