Paul Simon Quotes
I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.
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His acting remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
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I don't believe in miracles.
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Personal shoppers in big department stores are seriously under-used.
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I love parties. I love a good time.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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I didn't have a role model. My role model was Michael Jordan. Bad role model for an Indian dude... I didn't have anyone who looked like me. And by the time I was old enough to have what could have been a role model, they were my peers. Aziz Ansari is my peer. Kal Penn is my peer.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
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There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
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I decided I got to say whether I was Christian or not, and so I've relaxed enormously since then. I'm the one who gets to say that, and not someone else.
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Every passion has its destiny.
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The Lego children and fans are highly engaged people, so they expect a high degree of interaction with us. If you go to YouTube... we were told by Google last year that we are the second most-watched brand of all brands.
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If you ever see a war," she says, not looking up from her clipboard, "you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors.
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Rob Lowe, who I thought was really good in the movie [ Bad Influence], had his performance overshadowed by this sort of tabloid approach to him and the movie.
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I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.
