Adam Scott Quotes
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The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state and society - a system that has fostered unprecedented political, social, and intellectual freedom.
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I don't know how to speak to celebrities. Every time I talk to Alan Menken, I say something stupid and I have to apologize.
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I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.
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I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
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Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.
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My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.
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'Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as the Genie. 'Aladdin' was an amazing adventure and the lead character was a hero for guys, which I loved. It wasn't a princess or a girl beating the odds; it was a street rat. That seemed really cool to me.
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A lot of my colleagues have been people with broad interests in economics, not just narrowly focused interests.
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Working across the aisle, I helped pass laws exposing business dealings in Iran, cracking down on Iranian human rights abusers, and applying crippling sanctions to Iran's oil and gas industries.
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I entered medicine to use it as a vehicle for social change.
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If you don't have dialysis, absolutely, you will die. Dialysis is actually keeping me alive.
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Agatha Christie? We go back years, me and Ag. She's a … she's just a … she's dead, isn't she?
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Turbulence is the beginning of a fruitful process of transformation.
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Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than Sargent thinks. But he went on to agree that impressionists had noted how strong
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With that kind of money, I could have invaded some country.
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To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.
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I'm all about peace. I'm all about unity. I'm all about love.
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We still have to overcome the notion that a clarinet squeaks. People need to remember what a beautiful instrument it is, including in popular music.
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Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him.
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The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.
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I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain.
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There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.
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I thought I would be a dramatic actor - everyone starts that way.
