Adam Schlesinger Quotes
When you're writing for a show, you're writing part of the script. You have to tell the story.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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I haven't a clue what's going to happen next, and I can't wait to find out.
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If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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Actually I dance really well on the floor.
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Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.
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I have no scene, I go everywhere, I adapt.
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I really enjoyed writing the adaptation of 'Into The Woods.' I thought it was wonderful to not be the director, frankly. I really enjoyed that aspect of it.
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We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if people find commonality in that.
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I love writing for the screen.
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I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the street, 'Do you like Anselm Kiefer?' He would stare at you with a blank stare, because these are not celebrities. They are celebrated in a specific circle.
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When you're writing for a show, you're writing part of the script. You have to tell the story.
