Adrian Tomine Quotes
Fortunately, I've never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I was in Nashville quite a bit when I shot 'Nashville,' and I was in Los Angeles when I shot in 'Supergirl'.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
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I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
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If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
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'A Different World' didn't have the blazing success that 'Cosby' had, but it was on for seven seasons, and we got a lot of awards, and a lot of faces came out of that show and have had great careers.
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We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
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I'm driving my dad's old ute. So it's a manual ute. It's massive, so when people see me coming, they just kind of run away!
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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Fortunately, I've never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough.
