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But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.


Douglas Trumbull

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
JOSEPH STALIN Basically the Subaru ran the light going southbound on Hal Greer. The guy in the Taurus was just goi...
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DANIEL ROBERTS In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.
GAYLE GARDNER Hal gave me a lot of breaks and honored me with space and freedom. He pulled no punches and wore his...
BILL NICHOLS No more of that, Hal, an thou lovest me! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers.
TONI COLLETTE So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.
ANTHONY EDWARDS As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
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DAVID KOECHNER As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical c...
CAROL BURNETT As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
VINCE MCMAHON Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face, call me horse.
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JOYCE MEYER Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.
DICK VAN DYKE Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes.
HELENA BONHAM CARTER As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.
JEF RASKIN As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes.
JON BATISTE As far as natural ability, I was always athletic.
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JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.
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DEYTH BANGER The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
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GEORGE KELL O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two!
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REBECCA ASMAN As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing.
EVANDER HOLYFIELD As far as groupies, I never saw any of them.
DAVY JONES As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.
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JEE I love the '60s - that's my comfort zone as far as dressing goes.
OPHELIA LOVIBOND I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
NATASHA HENSTRIDGE Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible.
NICK FLYNN As far as accessories are concerned, I think it is always best to be as minimalist as possible.
ALICE TEMPERLEY In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
KANYE WEST As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
NATALIE GULBIS We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.
SETH BERKLEY As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
J. P. MORGAN Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.
THOMAS CARLYLE As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.
DONALD TRUMP You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
ADAM LAMBERT As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film.
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.
ETHEL MERMAN Hal was a real journalist. He grew up in a time when newspapers were kings and always kept the sense...
BOB DIBIASIO But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I h...
TAYE DIGGS It angered him that his sexuality was an issue at all. As far as he was concerned, who he decided to...
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DOUGLAS ADAMS I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
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DOUGLAS ADAMS Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people...
DOUGLAS ADAMS In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch-Hiker's ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.”
“Yeah,” said the voice from...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Don't Panic.
DOUGLAS ADAMS Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things wi...
DOUGLAS ADAMS All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you m...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet g...
DOUGLAS ADAMS The car shot forward straight into the circle of light, and suddenly Arthur had a fairly clear idea ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Experience is the best teacher.
PENELOPE DOUGLAS You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
DOUGLAS ADAMS A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.
DOUGLAS PAGELS Reality is frequently inaccurate.
DOUGLAS ADAMS He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whethe...
DOUGLAS ADAMS And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies a...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest iron...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND I think we have different value systems." —Arthur
"Well mine's better." —Ford
DOUGLAS ADAMS The problem is, or rather one of the problems, for there are many, a sizeable proportion of which ar...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple."

"Ah, well, I'm...
DOUGLAS ADAMS