Ken Adam Quotes
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien, who is introducing young people to the notion of Middle-earth. A lot of it is very light-hearted.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.
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Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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I've been very lucky.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are.
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Science fiction is boring when someone starts explaining the science to me.
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I'm completely against [feminism]. I have no desire to give up my privileges.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.
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Heavenly Father's commandments are the road map He has given us to return to Him, which is the only way we will be eternally happy.
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My mother and father were interested in the arts.
