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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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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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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Human beings will find a balanced situation when they do good things not because God says it, but because they feel like doing them.
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Actually I don’t need the sleep as much as I need the escape. It’s a wonderful way to escape. I think I can’t stand it and then I just take a pill and wait for sweet nothingness to take over. At this stage in my life nothingness is a lot better than somethingness.
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Like all women, I've had a pretty awful time in many ways, but it's always possible to either make a joke or find someone else.
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Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
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Those who are making history seldom have time to record it.
