Lorne Michaels Quotes
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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When I first started, I thought I was wack. Lyrically, I thought I was wack. The thing I had over everybody was that I was the realest rapper.
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
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Gosh, I couldn't even talk right until I was about 6 years old or something like that.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
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You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.
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I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.
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I always do my own stunts, as much as possible. I'm a little stubborn about it.
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It really made me nervous to write about it [Holocaust] and to approach it, because I was nervous about how to do it respectfully, and I was also thinking about how I could add something new to something that had already been so explored.
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Well, I would hardly say I do write as yet. But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off.
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Only the moment counts. It determines life.
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Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.
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I am always looking for what I think are original voices.
