Quotes with adapting

  • Man is a shrewd inventor, and is ever taking the hint of a new machine from his own structure, adapting some secret of his own anatomy in iron, wood, and leather, to some required function in the work of the world.
  • My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!

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  • Bret Easton Ellis Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters.
    Bret Easton Ellis
    American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director (1964 - )
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  • Cary Fowler It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to climate change without considering how we will feed ourselves. And it is out of the question that we can adapt agriculture without conserving crop diversity.
    Cary Fowler
    American agriculturalist and businessman (1949 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Man is a shrewd inventor, and is ever taking the hint of a new machine from his own structure, adapting some secret of his own anatomy in iron, wood, and leather, to some required function in the work of the world.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ben Elton My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Bryan Fuller One of the things that's important for anybody adapting source material that is primarily a male buddy picture is to find ways to latch on to strong female characters in the piece and bring them to the forefront and celebrate their point of view alongside the men; otherwise, it becomes a sausage party, and it's a singular point of view.
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • Brit Morin Society is still adapting to women being CEOs and professionals rather than homemakers. Because of this, the unfortunate outcome is that we feel we have to be successful at both - in the office and in the home. Striking that balance is different for everyone.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • William O. Douglas The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts.
    William O. Douglas
    American jurist and politician (1898 - 1980)
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  • Caitlin Doughty Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Billy Corgan You have to keep adapting to the times. If you kind of go with it, it can kind of fun.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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