Walter Becker Quotes
I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it.
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Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, 'You know what? Those are the things that I want.'
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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I was a pretty nice kid. Kind of quiet, but quiet in terms I wasn't going out and setting fire to anything. I had a big mouth and I was creative type, you know.
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There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen.
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Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
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I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age were influenced by his very individual vocal delivery. He was a showman who would always play to the gallery.
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You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.
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Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.
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'Uasti was a good teacher,' he said. 'She made you look a little way into yourself, see what you could become.'
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Even with all the negativeness of the whole social media thing, I still think it's leaps and bounds more positive.
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Even the longest con was never more than an assortment of moments that were in themselves very very short.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.