Tom Shadyac quotes

In movies you can shoot a guy 3,000 times and get a 'PG-13', but if you say the 'F' word twice it's automatically an 'R'. I'll let that be its own comment. (Tom Shadyac)
Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it. View quote
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I hope people start to look at their lives as the most powerful, creative act they will ever offer this world. View quote
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I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community. View quote
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You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave. View quote
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Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. View quote
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The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that. View quote
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There's one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks every day. Now, this is a law that's evolved over billions of years, and the law is this: Nothing in nature takes more than it needs. View quote
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You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there. View quote
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My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese. View quote
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The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development; it's love - that one principle. (Tom Shadyac)
Nature is an incredible cooperative. When things operate outside of that cooperative, they die off. It's a very simple rule that nature operates under. View quote
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Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done. View quote
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I think laughter is a sacred act. View quote
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I believe in unity, as opposed to division. View quote
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Definition is the death of discovery. View quote
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If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind. View quote
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I'm from the Madeleine L'Engle school. The more she delves into science, the more she knows there's a creator who's behind these amazing laws, these amazing events. The symmetry of nature, the structure and order of it. View quote
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I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph. View quote
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Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism. View quote
Tom Shadyac

Tom Shadyac

Occupation: American Comedian
Born: December 11, 1958
Quotes count: 20
Wikipedia: Tom Shadyac

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