Luther Burbank Quotes
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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I do suspect that this world is hell.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
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Very few males have the confidence to appear vulnerable.
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Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.
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Is our time up and on to the next fire / Got my fingers burnt and cut into the wire.
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I don't know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer. Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago.
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Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
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Those who are making history seldom have time to record it.
