Lorne Michaels Quotes
When we do well, we do the best comedy on TV. That's not ego; that's just the way it is.
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Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.
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One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
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With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
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Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
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John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
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If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.
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Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
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The world throws you out of your body, especially the cyberworld.
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In politics, everybody is free to choose his friends and allies.
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.
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Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.
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We warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.
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Mind you, Roman Holiday - which is kind of a romantic comedy - is one of my favorite films, and I think Audrey Hepburn is absolutely phenomenal in that movie.
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I went through an extremely trying ordeal, but I never forgot the world outside was a beautiful place.
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I think people have this sort of idea that 'Sex and the City' was this overnight sensation, and that can't be farther from the truth.
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When we do well, we do the best comedy on TV. That's not ego; that's just the way it is.
