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“Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just drive and move forward, and they build and can't go up and down at that same speed. It's a big job to turn that into something that pushes the movie along.”

Way Kind Bigs Jobs Moving Turns Speed Moving Forward Score Up And Down Hysterical

Author:Darren Aronofsky

“You can see a lot of politics on a lot of different channels. I'm not interested, really, in talking in some wonky conversation about politics, though. It's not my speed. I'm not interested in the ins and outs of health care.”

Different Care Talking Conversation Speed Health Care Not Interested

Author:Joy Behar

“In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.”

Force Information Design China Speed Nuclear Reports Committees Stolen Missiles Deployment Nuclear Missiles

Author:Charles Bass

“The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light.”

Body Light Pain Moving Spirit Comfortable Speed Bathroom Indestructible Speed Of Light

Author:Robert Ballard

“I hold the world speed record downhill, in a Rover. I think it was 17 kilometers per hour, downhill.”

Thinking World Hours Records Speed

Author:Gene Cernan

“I like speed, so I like taking the jet skis out and hitting the water, or hitting the lake. In the winter, unfortunately, I used to ski a lot but I haven't been able to ski in the past few years because thank God I've been working, so that's a good reason not to.”

Years Reason Able Past Used Water Havens Winter Speed Lakes Thank God Hitting Jet Skis

Author:Laz Alonso

“The best advice is to take it easy, respect speed limits and do not try to make up time lost in the tailbacks on the open road.”

Trying Lost Easy Advice Limits Speed Best Advice Take It Easy Open Road Speed Limits

Author:Emma Caulfield

“The speed of light sucks.”

Light Speed Speed Of Light

Author:John Carmack

“Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.”

Earth Picks Speed Orbit Looking Down

Author:Robert Crippen

“The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed.”

Enemy Air Method Speed Territory Offensive Air Power

Book:Command Of The Air

Source: Command Of The Air

“On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds.”

Doe Steps Millions Computer Machines Speed Scales Reasonable

Author:K. Eric Drexler

“If I could have anyone on speed dial it would be George Clooney. He seems like a cool guy who would give good advice.”

Ifs Giving Seems Would Be Guy Advice Speed If I Could Good Advice Cool Guy

Author:Adam Garcia

“Sometimes a script comes along that really makes you sit up and pay attention... 'Life at These Speeds' has an emotional intensity that really kicked me in the guts.”

Sometimes Pay Attention Emotional Scripts Speed Pay Attention Guts Intensity

Author:Douglas Booth

“Please pass me the peace weed, and take some heed. Throw away all that mixed up speed.”

Please Drug Speed Alcohol Weed Heed Drugs And Alcohol

Author:Jimi Hendrix

“To her friends said the Bright one in chatter, "I have learned something new about matter: My speed was so great, Much increased was my weight, Yet I failed to become any fatter!"”

Said Matter Science Weight Speed Something New I Have Learned Chatter

Author:Arthur Henry Reginald Buller

“Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.”

May Important Battle Perseverance Speed Persistence

Book:Competing for the Future

Source: Competing for the Future

“She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.”

Author:Cees Nooteboom

“If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.”

Ifs Trying Speed

Author:Glenn Ford

“Satan will give you a little taste, then he'll move in with rapid speed.”

Giving Littles Moving Taste Speed Satan Rapids Adages

Author:Bob Dylan

“Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.”

Successful Journey Ugly Speed Genes Bumps Good The Bad And The Ugly Speed Bumps

Author:Peter Guber

“I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.”

Writing Country My Own Tools Towns Speed Ghost Lanes Motorcycle

Author:Barry Hannah

“A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie, to having the photo-realism with the CG-backgrounds and infinite focus the way they worked with these digital cameras, to even the color experimentation.”

Way Done Stuff Focus Color Infinite Cameras Speed Backgrounds Tone Digital Realism Experimentation Retro Racers Digital Cameras Speed Racer

Author:Emile Hirsch

“I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you.”

Thinking Character Actors Fun Challenges Love Is Pieces Involved Come Up Speed Ensemble Tapestry Character Actors Versatility

Author:Mark Hamill

“I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.”

Ifs Needs Littles Break Limits Speed Passing Passings Vehicle Irritated Interstate Speed Limits

Author:Jimmie Johnson

“No partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of a solely owned company.”

Wells Two Matter Running Company Independent Speed Partnership Efficiency Effectiveness Responsiveness

Author:Edward Whitacre, Jr.

“I wish I wasn't so technically challenged, because it puts you at a distinct disadvantage. I wish I could figure out a way to get more up to speed.”

Way Wish Figures Speed Disadvantages

Author:Gayle King

“Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event in motorsport. You do more kilometres in that one race than Formula One do in a season, and probably a higher average speed. We average about 220km/h including pit stops and cover nearly 5000km.”

Important Bigs Winning Race Events Higher Seasons Including Average Speed Formulas Pits Formula One Great Events Motorsports

Author:Tom Kristensen

“It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.”

Way Enough School Speed Frightening School Time

Author:Bruce Forsyth

“Let it flow, while I pump it slow, then I speed it up, heat it up, make it more nasty.”

Sex Flow Speed Heat Nasty Pumps

Author:LL Cool J

“I only hope that we shall not wait to adopt the program until after our astronomers have reported a new and unsuspected asteroid moving across their fields of vision with menacing speed. At that point it will be too late!”

Moving Waiting Space Vision Fields Late Program Speed Too Late Astronomers Asteroids

Author:Wernher von Braun

“I keep my sisters on speed dial.”

Speed My Sister

Author:Angela Kinsey