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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I've always been happy with my body.
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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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Everything that I do I hear and then I go with my hands, and since I use my hands for both piano and guitar that is kind of hands-on.
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My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend.
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Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
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For me, as a writer, I desperately want to be read. I'm very conscious of readers as I'm writing. I think, 'If you write for yourself, then why don't you just keep it under the bed,' so I definitely write for other people.
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The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?
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When you're writing for a show, you're writing part of the script. You have to tell the story.
