Adrian Tomine Quotes
The comics work is very slow, and it basically involves working for sometimes years in isolation and not knowing how the work is going to be received.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
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Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.
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I don't know if my songs fit in films.
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I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.
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If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.
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My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.
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Freedom in a posture is when every joint is active.
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I do read on holiday, but it tends to be very lowbrow. I'm into really camp biographies, and I'm a shameless fan of Jilly Cooper.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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The comics work is very slow, and it basically involves working for sometimes years in isolation and not knowing how the work is going to be received.
