Adam West Quotes
I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I'm just roaming around, vagabonding.
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The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.
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I would not want to be a part of any project that I feel would not work. An actor like me always wants to work to get appreciation of the audiences. And appreciation can only come if people will come to watch the film.
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Andy Grammer is probably the closest friend I have in the music industry, so touring with him was just incredible. He's such a soulful, kind guy, and he gives great advice. And he also scares me a lot. He does a lot of pranks.
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I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
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Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.
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You know, we have our own audience, and it's not like - they just know we're not going to do certain things.
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By coincidence, this particular tiny show on earth that consists entirely of me talking about sports on NPR is also folding its tent flaps this May of 2017. Yes, this is my swansong, my farewell, my last hurrah. Adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen.
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One of the regular intervals of meditation in my life, believe it or not, is in my car.
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She turned to Gansey.'Blue,' he warned, but his voice was chaotic. This close, his throat was scented with mint and wool sweater and vinyl car seat, and Gansey, just Gansey. She said, 'I just want to pretend. I want to pretend that I could.'
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By learning to open your heart and body while embracing and trusting all energies, from rough ravishment to sublime gentleness, you can open to be lived by the mystery that lives the entire universe.
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I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift.
