Adam Scott Quotes
And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
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My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.
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I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.'
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My mum was a dancer. She would tour the world with a group, and she had me in a dance class when I was still in a nappy. They told her to come back when I could walk.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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There are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely. That's what I don't like.
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In some industries, we refer to risk taking as 'research and development.' At financial institutions, we often take risk by investing in securities.
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Compliment three people every day.
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I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.
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I don't want success to affect me to that extent that I change or failure to that extent that I get sad, bitter and negative.
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And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.
