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When you start using test audiences, it becomes more scientific than it is about the work itself, and that's boring.
I don't come up with ideas in a test tube; I come up with ideas by breaking test tubes. That's how I've always been.
I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu.
If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.
Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible.
The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.
I competed in a test round of 'Kitchen Casino.' I feel like it's good to know what the competitors are going through.
As a military pilot and a test pilot, handling unusual situations and aircraft malfunctions was part of the business.
I want to put everything I think I've learned about filmmaking and storytelling and put it to the test in other areas.
This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
Sometimes I test myself saying, 'If I get a death sentence if I don't make this movie, would I still make this movie?'
I'm never going to go and test myself on Everest, but I sort of understand the psychology of people who might want to.
We've got to get the public back into watching Test matches - speeding up the game with innovation is one way forward.
The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it.
Fear brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It's a test of character, for individuals and nations.
You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.
It's surreal to think that no one has played as many Test matches for England. I suppose it's a credit to my longevity.
Marriage is a decades-long experiment, conducted mostly in private; a test of will in the face of unexpected obstacles.
The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
This life is a test, and we're put down here to make choices. The truth is, the bad choices of other people can hurt us.
The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
I was the kid who'd get up in class and tell the teacher, 'But we were supposed to have a test today! I studied for it!'
I test the limits of myself in order to transform myself, but I also take the energy from the audience and transform it.
I don't eat dairy, and I've been gluten-free ever since I took a blood test that showed I have a mild allergy to gluten.
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
All over the world when you test men and women for facial cue recognition, women test... better. It's a negotiation tool.
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
When you go in to do a screen test, you negotiate your contract and sign all your paperwork before you even get on a plane.
You are always chasing yourself, if you have testing sessions you test it out then but it's also a thing of growing a team.
The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.
All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.
I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.
I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to test. These are the same lipsticks I got caught stealing by the police when I was 15. How ironic.
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test.
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.
When real is gone, then there is no longer a litmus test for that which deviates from it. It's all real because it's all 'real.'
Narendra Modi is a bubble. After elevation in his party, his first test was the Karnataka election. He failed miserably in that.
We were young, we were pilots, and we were hungry to test the new technology of 'space machines.' And we all wanted to be first.