J. J. Abrams Quotes
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.
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If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
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I'm probably an overcompensating introvert. I live in Hollywood, but I don't go to parties where I have to work the room. I could do that, but I don't want to... I try and stay the same and live a fairly normal life.
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I've been married for 46 years, and I live in a nice house, my grass is always cut, I pay my bills, and my cat loves me!
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
