Adam Wingard Quotes
'Drive' is definitely an inspiration because it was a film that was able to use what would normally be considered cheesy, kind of bold, electronic music choice and pull it off in a mainstream way.
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When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Dormer by name, Dormer by nature: I love to sleep.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.
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Time was God's first creation.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.
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The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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I just make music however I feel and pray that it connects, and if it does, I'm super thankful. I think genres are more for other people, not for yourself.
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'Drive' is definitely an inspiration because it was a film that was able to use what would normally be considered cheesy, kind of bold, electronic music choice and pull it off in a mainstream way.
