J. J. Abrams Quotes
I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.
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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
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Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy.
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Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I hate competition.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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The fact is that since you're a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect... and so are you!
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services.
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My opinion, having done this now for two cycles, is I think the national media really likes me and likes what I have to say. But, at the end of the day, 'He's a Libertarian,' and that denotes some loose screws, maybe.
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Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?
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I developed my taste for coffee at five, staying with my grandmother in Connecticut.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.
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It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.
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Consisting mostly of recirculating scrapped metals, 80% of all the metals that have ever been mined are still at work.
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I said old Jesus probably would've puked if He could see it - all those fancy costumes and all. Sally said I was a sacrilegious atheist. I probably am. The thing Jesus really would've liked would be the guy who plays the kettle drums in the orchestra.
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I had wanted to be a dancer when I was younger. But at some point I figured out I was a better singer.
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I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.
