Ken Adam Quotes
I'm an incurable romantic, and Casablanca's one of the most romantic pictures I've ever seen - the combination of Bogart and Bergman is just magical.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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My most noticeable physical trait is, hands down, my hair. It's big, unruly and curly, and you can spot it from a mile away... literally.
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There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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If the only ideas you had were your own, you'd be very limited.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I grew up during the Revolution of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq. The things that I saw. The impact. How it changes you. How it changes the way you look at the world.
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Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa.
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People want to be entertained. They don't want to be cheated.
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I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.
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I bought all the books, but I probably knew on the first day that law school wasn't for me. I didn't give up until about ten days. I don't think I really told my father. I really didn't like my father knowing my things were not successful.
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I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up.
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I'm an incurable romantic, and Casablanca's one of the most romantic pictures I've ever seen - the combination of Bogart and Bergman is just magical.
