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tragedy way comedy
I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal. Alan Cumming
thinking missing rubbish
For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing out here.
thinking actors intimidated
I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.
team insecure thinking
I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight away, and also you're discussing things on set so it opens it out to everyone and it becomes a totally collaborative thing. And you have someone who supports you when you're feeling a bit insecure.
two air film
I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.
taken past trying
Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken. Alan Dundes
trying students form
In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.
transition incorporation seems
Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.
thinking law presumption-of-innocence
I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we wouldn't have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There's an enormous difference between the role of truth in law and the role of truth in science. In law, truth is one among many goals. Alan Dershowitz
thinking political connections
I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political.
thinking law people
I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy.
tombstone boring satisfying
I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'
thinking requirements would-be
I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.
trying democracy truth-is
Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.
two-sides sides trials
All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.
two kind terrorism
There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two.
teacher library librarian
A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.
thinking giving important
I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.
two confusion cooking
Classical cooking and molecular gastronomy should remain separate...you can mix two styles and get fusion; any more and you just get confusion. Alain Ducasse
team thinking piano
I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.
towers saudi-arabia kingdoms
My own center, my Kingdom Center, which is the highest priced tower in Saudi Arabia, was vacated twice because of terrorist attacks, terrorist threats. Al-Waleed bin Talal
technology ipads apples
Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.
teenager player rocks
It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life. Al Yankovic
thinking people finding-yourself
Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones?''
trying sometimes obvious
I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
track people looks
At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.
thinking editors mad
I think I'm equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the "Letters and Tomatoes" column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
thinking media new-media
I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.
thinking nerd culture
I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
thinking track way
I'm free to do what I please, I'm probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
thinking years people
In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.
trying comfort lines
That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them. I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I'll catch up.
thinking laughing trying
I'm a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, "How am I going to screw this up?" [Laughs] If I'm really actively trying to think of a parody, then I'll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.