Adam Clayton Quotes
Performing at this level requires an absolute commitment and dedication. You can't half commit.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
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I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.
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The thing is, one in three women in the Western world will end up having an abortion, but they never talk about it. When you keep silent about that stuff, it is because you are embarrassed by the societal distaste of the topic.
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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Spain's constitution was introduced to cement democracy after Franco's dictatorship, but this government is exploiting its wording as a means to deny us our right to vote.
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I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.
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I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
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I went through so many phases because I moved schools a lot. I grew up primarily in Connecticut, but also here in L.A. for five years.
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.
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I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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When I first started making photo pieces it wasn't with the idea of a commitment to the medium. I didn't think I would have to become a photographer to make my photographs. I recall that anything could be used as material for art in that era. Photography was just one more thing.
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Performing at this level requires an absolute commitment and dedication. You can't half commit.
