Adrian Lyne Quotes
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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Being engaged is absolutely a time to cherish!
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I'm looking for a world where love will no longer be extraordinary.
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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
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'Brotherhood: Homage to Claudius Ptolemy'
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Politics, I now understand, is at its best when it enlightens us via an opponent's insight.
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Television is like a library. There are a lot of library books in it, and you have to pick and choose what you take out of it.
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To all the little girls out there, I would tell them to really appreciate what their parents do for them. And also to truly believe in their dream. If they truly believe that they're capable, things will happen for them - as long as they put in the work, of course.
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If you have evidence that C1 is a cause of E, and no evidence as to whether C2 is also a cause of E, then C1 seems to be a better explanation of E than C1&C2 is, since C1 is more parsimonious. I call the version of Ockham's razor used here "the razor of silence." The better explanation of E is silent about C2; it does not deny that C2 was a cause. The problem changes if you consider two conjunctive hypotheses.
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Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? She's channeled the world of opera, Boston politics, magic, unwed motherhood, and race relations, creating scenarios so indelible, you swear they are right outside your door.
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I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.
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Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.
