J. J. Abrams Quotes
People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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My first movie was with Mike Nichols.
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I have a girl crush on Olivia Munn so much, especially on 'Newsroom.' And Cara Delevingne, but who doesn't love her face? Viola Davis is my acting crush.
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Ultimately, in regular television, you've got seven or eight executives and maybe 50 people in the room with dials who are deciding whether a show goes - and it's not a great way, because we're making mass entertainment.
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All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
