Lorne Michaels Quotes
People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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A relationship is based on communication.
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People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship.
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Very few people have actually read Freud, but everyone seems prepared to talk about him in that Woody Allen way. To read Freud is not as much fun.
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I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.
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The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
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People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh.
