Rachel Sklar Quotes
What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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Who'd give up sunny California for the grey old Earls Court Road? I'm looking out at blue skies and the mountains and trees, and it's so beautiful.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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My whole philosophy is about playing dress-up.
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I feel that contemporary music, with very few exceptions, is missing the voice. You see an award show, you see a hundred extras on set dancing and special effects, and you don't see that solo voice that was the trademark of Adele. It's no accident that it was her album that ended up selling 27 million copies worldwide.
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I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.
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My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
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When I have to promote things now, sometimes I realize that I had a movie in mind, but in the end, it's a vision of somebody else, so I have to promote their idea.
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What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
