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 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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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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Become a fixer, not just a fixture.
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When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks.
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The Spirit never makes men the instruments of converting others until they feel that they cannot do it themselves; that their skill in argument, in persuasion, in management, avails nothing.
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If I were to be a role model, it would just come out of going the college route, getting training, and trusting that's the most secure path you can take - a path where a degree is involved. You know you went to college, and you have that under your belt.
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I believe the biggest impediment we have right now with going to Mars is public commitment. More people need to see themselves as a part of space travel; we need to see more inclusiveness.
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People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
