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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With music, you're laying it all out there. They're judging you right away, and you can lose them quick. With the comedy, you've always got another joke to redeem yourself. Or, even if you've only got one joke, at least the punch line is at the end. Then they have to at least pay attention until the end.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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I was brought up by a Marxist rationalist stepfather, so I don't believe in the supernatural or religion or horoscopes, and the absolute nature of death is quite helpful for me. My husband was there, then he wasn't.
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I'm an educator. You do what you have to do to get what you are saying across, and if that means being funny, that's what I do.
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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.
