Bernard Beckett Quotes
I didn't study science beyond high school level, but I'd been reading a lot of science books by people like Richard Dawkins, Matt Ridley and Daniel Dennett. I also spent a year working on a fellowship in a research centre - the Allan Wilson Centre - where I got a hands-on look at their work sequencing DNA.
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People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
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I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
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It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.
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Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
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People are going to label you anyway, but the one that bugs me the most is when they say, 'One of the funniest female comedians.' There's s no 'funniest male comedians.' You're either a funny comedian, or you're not!
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
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The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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People want to know where I'm going, and I just don't ever know.
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I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.
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Broadcasting through 9/11 together, like Katie Couric and I did, creates a bond.
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While therefore your tears flow, let a due proportion be tears of joy. Yet take the bitter cup with both hands and sit down to your repast. You will soon learn a secret: that there is sweetness at the bottom.
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It's a man's sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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I've been to 25 psychics so far. I've even gone to see a woman called 'the mother' who just hugs you.
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More of the same will just produce more of the same: less competitiveness, less growth, fewer jobs.
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I didn't study science beyond high school level, but I'd been reading a lot of science books by people like Richard Dawkins, Matt Ridley and Daniel Dennett. I also spent a year working on a fellowship in a research centre - the Allan Wilson Centre - where I got a hands-on look at their work sequencing DNA.
