J. J. Abrams Quotes
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Funny is an attitude.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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If anyone should be executed, it should be Charles Manson. Do I go around during the daytime, 'Geez, I'm upset that he's alive'? No, I don't even think about him. I don't think about this case.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I always wanted to be with a woman who has the same mindset and wants to look after me like my mum.
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There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.
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Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.
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You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.
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Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be.
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My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.
