Adrian Tomine Quotes

It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.

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• Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

  

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• I was unbelievably lucky.

  

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• As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.

  

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• When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.

  

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• The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

  

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• Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.

  

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• I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.

  

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• For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.

  

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• I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.

  

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• There is not love where there is no will.

  

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• Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.

  

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• You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.

  

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• I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

  

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• I believe in something that maybe can be defined as the God in one's heart, in the heart of every human being, but not in a God who sits on high looking down on us and taking care of us and whom we bother with things trivial and weighty so that he will be good to us and arrange things for us here.

  

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• In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.

  

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• The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

  

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• I don't know how people recognize me.

  

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• Amazon doesn't want to give Apple a cut of its media sales, so Apple won't let Amazon sell products in its apps.

  

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• For as long as I wanted to swim, I also wanted to do something on TV. My best friend in high school, we used to pretend like we had a TV show, and we had this dream of being the next 'Kate Allie.' Having that kind of a shtick.

  

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• It's a strange thing to be a so-called alternative cartoonist, because in the early part of my career, I was really tethered to the superhero world.

  

  Adrian Tomine
  • World
  • Career
  • Superhero