Adina Porter Quotes

On slower days, when I was only needed for coverage or reaction shots, the set of 'The Newsroom' was better than therapy. Chris Chalk and I would debate life's dilemmas... until Sam Waterston would chime in and set us both straight.

Adina Porter

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LifeBetterDebateTherapyReaction

I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss - but the arts are vital. If you see Mark Rylance perform Shakespeare at the Globe, you know it's a spiritual act.

Andrew Garfield

SpiritualYouKnowSeeI Was Raised

That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.

Alvin Lee

MusicFreedomYouPlayJazzRock

At Knopf, we look at each book on a case-by-case basis... in some cases, we think a writer might get a boost from an endorsement by a fellow writer, but in other cases, a new book will be better served by other means, such as publicity and reviews.

Sonny Mehta

BookThinkBetterLookNewWill

'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not an automatic thing that, if you make a good movie, everyone wants to see it.

Robert Zemeckis

GoodSadYouNewsHandOffice

Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.

Martin Yan

YouVegetablesWillTouchNeverEat

When you win something, once, twice, three times, and you have that feeling, that pushes you forward again. You want to win more and more and more.

Luka Modric

WinForwardYouFeelingThreeWant

Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.

Joshua Waitzkin

LifeBalanceMePhilosophyIntention

Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.

Jarvis Cocker

WritingYouKnowBeenNovelOh

One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you're a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I'm working on new stuff for a new album right now.

Chris Isaak

WorryYouNewNowActorRight

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

Chuck Close

WorkCloudsWaitYouMoreSalvation

I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.

Chuck Close

MeThinkDoingI ThinkVeryDrove

I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand there and bark at the camera.

Bob Schieffer

PeopleStandCameraWantTryTalk

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