Adrian Edmondson Quotes
I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!
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Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact.
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People get to choose who they follow, so they follow me for me. It's super humbling and awesome.
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Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product.
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I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.
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Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
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And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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I love cleansing my face in the mornings and at night using Bliss Foaming Facial Wash. It makes my skin feel soft, and the refreshing smell always wakes me up.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures.
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As our closest living evolutionary relatives, chimpanzees are especially suited to teach us about ourselves. We still do not have in our hands the answer to a most fundamental question: What makes us human? But this genomic comparison dramatically narrows the search for the key biological differences between the species.
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I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.
