Projects Quotes - Page 27

• I'm involved in Project ALS which is trying to get money for stem cell research. That's one I've been pretty involved with because if you can cure that, you can cure so many other diseases.

  Gina Gershon

  Cells, Trying, Research

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• I've done other things, but it always seems like my sci-fi projects have been what people respond to the most, because those fans are extraordinary, so passionate.

  Summer Glau

  People, Fans, Passionate

  "‘Firefly’: Summer Glau reflects on Joss Whedon, sci-fi women and River’s edge". Interview with Noelene Clark, herocomplex.latimes.com. May 3, 2011.

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• I hope I don't have to act in one of my own projects again.

  Evan Glodell

  My Own

  "Exclusive Q&A: Filmmaker Breathes Fire into Ultra-Indie Bellflower". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2011.

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• Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.

  Zac Efron

  Thinking, Littles, Realizing

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• Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.

  Emily Giffin

  Looks, Hours, Difficult

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• I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.

  Damon Lindelof

  Found, Probability, Higher

  "Damon Lindelof: I did not abandon ‘Prometheus 2’". uproxx.com. March 28, 2013.

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• With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

  Renee Fleming

  Air, Singing, Force

  "Renée Fleming: Diva goes to the dark side" by Peter Conrad, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2010.

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• Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works. I don't want to get into that subject.

  Joe Grant

  Four, Want, Pixar

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• An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.

  Aravind Adiga

  Effectiveness, Political, India

  "Indians' worst fear: the honest politician" by Aravind Adiga, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2008.

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• As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors.

  Atom Egoyan

  Thinking, Decisions You Make, Important

  Interview with Ron Burnett, rburnett.squarespace.com.

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• I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project.

  Atom Egoyan

  Mean, Actors, May

  Interview with Ron Burnett, rburnett.squarespace.com.

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• I'm actually in my 22-year-old son Jason's band, After Midnight Project. The music is like Coldplay-ish rock.

  Greg Evigan

  Son, Rocks, Years

  "It's Greg Evigan vs. a Three-Headed Dog!". Interview with Matt Webb Mitovich, www.tvguide.com. October 28, 2005.

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• I would never sign on to a project that was male-bashing, because first and foremost I'm a man... what guy would sign on for that?

  Michael Ealy

  Men, Guy, Males

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• Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

  Philip Kaufman

  Creative, Inspire, Directors

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• … what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names — otherwise you would be selling nothing — like “Structured Analysis and Design”, “Software Engineering”, “Maturity Models”, “Management Information Systems”, “Integrated Project Support Environments” “Object Orientation” and “Business Process Re-engineering”.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Maturity, Engineering, Snakes

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• Forming of a web of information nodes rather than a hierarchical tree or an ordered list is the basic concept behind HyperText.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Science, Proposal, Invention

  "WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project". www.w3.org. November 12, 1990.

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• The combination of threads, remote-procedure-call interfaces, and heavyweight object-oriented design is especially dangerous... if you are ever invited onto a project that is supposed to feature all three, fleeing in terror might well be an appropriate reaction.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Design, Heavyweights, Fleeing

  Eric S. Raymond (2003). “The Art of UNIX Programming”, p.182, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• Focus on identifying your target audience, communicating an authentic message that they want and need and project yourself as an "expert" within your niche.

  Kim Garst

  Target Audience, Focus, Messages

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• You don't even know the sequences to the Human-Gnome Project, you haven't come to terms with your God yet.

  Canibus

  Religious, Religion, Term

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• The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless you know what you want to say and to whom you want to say it.

  Lukas Foss

  Writing, Creative, Letters

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• Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

  Paul Farmer

  People, Development, Haiti

  "Paul Farmer Examines Haiti 'After The Earthquake'". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. July 11, 2011.

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• Delayed energy projects and regulatory hurdles to domestic oil production not only cost the United States economy billions of dollars and millions of jobs, but they also stand in the way of an elusive goal: true American energy security.

  John Hoeven

  Jobs, Oil, Goal

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• The Keystone XL project has built strong safety measures into its design with the newest technology. Additionally, 80 percent of the new Canadian oil sands are being developed 'in situ,' meaning, it has a similar carbon footprint and emissions as conventional oil wells.

  John Hoeven

  Strong, Technology, Carbon Footprint

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• I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.

  Clifton Collins, Jr.

  Thinking, Secret, Passionate

  "EXCLUSIVE: Clifton Collins Jr. Discusses His Burgeoning Career". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. June 26, 2009.

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• I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.

  Al Jarreau

  Song, Years, Needs

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