Quotes About Adaptation

I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something.

So I begged, half way into season two, for them to let me cut my hair.

Whenever you're adapting something that's a 12- or 14-hour read down to something that has to be around two hours, there's going to be some cuts.

It's always in a cycle. One set of plays will work really well for a time, and then defenses figure it out, and you go to something else.

Every election cycle there has been some manoeuvre against me, so at some level I am used to it.

It's an evolution. The same team doesn't always dominate, and it goes in cycles.

I believe in career cycles and when one is close to ending you start to plan things. It's the moment for a change.

I went to an English school and was brought up in English. So I don't feel Czech.

As a child, I was embarrassed by my dads effusive episodes, but I suppose I got used to living with someone who was intermittently sad.

I have had the same friends since college, although as time has gone on, the daily nature of those relationships has changed, such that it is not daily at all.

Everybody changes. With John things changed on a daily basis.

Anybody who does not evolve can become a self-parody. I have to evolve on a daily basis just to keep my own interest in what I do.

I continue to look for opportunities to learn on a daily basis. I try not to settle into a routine, and I attempt things that challenge me.

The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities.

I lived in Chicago until I was about 12, and then I moved to Dallas until I was 19. So I think both were probably the time right when I was about to get an accent, or I lost it right when I moved.

When I found out I was going to be a Dallas Cowboy, I just knew I would have to adapt fast. I knew everything would happen real fast. I didn't really have time to think about it, to be honest.

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

Sometimes, I think to myself, 'Damn, I don't speak as well as I used to.'

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

I became a dancer late and an actor late.

The future consists of cross specialisation; that is how university systems abroad have evolved.

When you have large systems, it becomes almost impossible to make even very simple changes.

It is the fate of operating systems to become free.

In chess, we have styles - like in any other field. There are also fashions in the kinds of systems that people play. So I'm trying to know my opponent as much as possible.