Paula Abdul Quotes
I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Most big popcorn movies are 'bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.' And 'Ender's Game' is just not that simple, so it's an exciting challenge. It's a little terrifying, and let's see how audiences respond.
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Capital isn't scarce; vision is.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.
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Do you know what a showmance is? It is like being at a summer camp when you're a teenager. You spend summertime away from your home. When you spend three months very closely with someone at a particular place, it is like a summer love. You have no choice but to get involved with that person.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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It's actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes to the audiences. I have women who come out and support my movies, and that is a huge demographic for me, which is great because some actors don't have a female base at all.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it's like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it. You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.
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Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.
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I wake up around seven, and I give my daughter breakfast. I spend the first hour or two of her day with her.
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Marriage. Isn't it great? Each time you fall back in love with your [spouse] it gets better and better.
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I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.
