Adam Savage Quotes
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I was blacklisted because of this activity, so I'm not a typical anything.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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We're more familiar with what economists call an English auction - prices start low and rise as people bid. However, there is also the Dutch auction, where prices start high and go lower until somebody bites. Movies are sold to the audience via a very slow Dutch auction, where each phase between price drops can last weeks or months.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher told me to read it. And I thought, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to read a whole book by myself!' It's not that I couldn't read, it's just that I didn't really like books very much. But the book that she lent me I really enjoyed.
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I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism.
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The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.
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Apparently, the city of Delhi is a 'character' in my novels. I'd argue that it's a ... city... in my novels.
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Trouble is, most times, when you go looking to sell your soul, nobody's buying.
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From what I hear, it's a normal thing to feel guilty as a mother, especially when trying to fill the needs of a newborn along with maintaining what you had with your first child.
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If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity.
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If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.
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Bigger is always better.
