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# Tom Shadyac

(1958)   Film Director   United States

 **83** quotes in **544** categories

Tom Shadyac says technology itself is neutral, and that death isn’t the enemy—living without love is. He talks about a personal transformation that follows facing his own mortality, and how the idea of ownership is a recent invention. His reflections link contentment, love, and a sense of purpose to a deeper inner change.

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Tom Shadyac is a film director from the United States, best known for *Life's Operating Manual*.

## Quick Facts About Tom Shadyac

Born December 11, 1958

Nationality United States

Profession Film Director

Notable works Life's Operating Manual

## About Tom Shadyac

Thomas Peter Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and writer. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Liar Liar (1997), Patch Adams (1998), and Bruce Almighty (2003). In 2010, Shadyac retired from the comedy genre and wrote, directed, and narrated his own documentary film I Am, that explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following his involvement in a bicycle accident three years earlier.

##  Quotes by Tom Shadyac

> [I think laughter is a sacred act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-think-laughter-is-a-sacred-act/)

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[Act](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/act/)

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> [I've been called crazy many times before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-ve-been-called-crazy-many-times-before/)

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[Been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/been/)

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> [Definition is the death of discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/definition-is-the-death-of-discovery/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [Technology is not good, it's neutral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/technology-is-not-good-it-s-neutral/)

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[Good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/)

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> [We are what make up society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/we-are-what-make-up-society/)

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[Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/)

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> [I've never been a Hollywood dropout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-ve-never-been-a-hollywood-dropout/)

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[Been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/been/)

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> [I believe in unity, as opposed to division.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-believe-in-unity-as-opposed-to-division/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [I was raised Catholic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-was-raised-catholic/)

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[Catholic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic/)

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> [I am part of a divine essence. I don't have to become anything. I already am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-am-part-of-a-divine-essence-i-don-t-have-to-become-anything-i/)

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[Divine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/divine/)

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> [I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-think-true-success-is-intrinsic-it-s-love-it-s-kindness-it-s/)

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[Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/)

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> [Christ is in all, meaning that the divine spark is in all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/christ-is-in-all-meaning-that-the-divine-spark-is-in-all-things/)

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[All things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-things/)

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> [Death is not the enemy. A life lived without love is the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/death-is-not-the-enemy-a-life-lived-without-love-is-the-enemy/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [What matters is who we are, not who we beat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/what-matters-is-who-we-are-not-who-we-beat/)

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[Beat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beat/)

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> [I don't see making films to entertain and making films to inform as separate things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-don-t-see-making-films-to-entertain-and-making-films-to-inform-as/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [Authenticity means to be the author of your own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/authenticity-means-to-be-the-author-of-your-own-life/)

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[Authenticity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authenticity/)

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> [Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/facing-my-own-death-brought-an-instant-sense-of-clarity-and-purpose/)

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[Brought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brought/)

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> [I was taught in school that I have to look out for number one. That was against everything that I intuitively felt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-was-taught-in-school-that-i-have-to-look-out-for-number-one-that/)

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[Against](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/against/)

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> [I don't consider anything I'm doing as generous. In the new model of the world, I hope people will consider whatever I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-don-t-consider-anything-i-m-doing-as-generous-in-the-new-model-of/)

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[Generous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/generous/)

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> [The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development; it's love - that one principle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/the-one-thing-that-advances-a-society-is-not-technology-or-so-called/)

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[Advances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advances/)

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> [My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/my-dad-s-half-lebanese-my-mom-is-full-lebanese-i-m-three-quarters/)

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[Dad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dad/)

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> [If I end up homeless and penniless because of a shift in my behavior about sharing what's come to me, bring it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/if-i-end-up-homeless-and-penniless-because-of-a-shift-in-my-behavior/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-wasn-t-paying-enough-attention-to-what-my-heart-was-telling-me-when/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/communism-didn-t-work-because-people-weren-t-ready-for-it-it-was/)

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[Communism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communism/)

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> [Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/hope-is-the-belief-we-might-get-it-done-and-faith-is-the-knowledge-we/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [The word contentment comes from the word content, which is what we hold inside - love, value, a feeling of a life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/the-word-contentment-comes-from-the-word-content-which-is-what-we/)

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[Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/)

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> [Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/our-culture-does-not-teach-us-this-but-what-happens-in-vegas-does-not/)

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[Awake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awake/)

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> [TRUTH: When a child believes he must win to be worthy, when young adults define themselves by what they do and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/truth-when-a-child-believes-he-must-win-to-be-worthy-when-young/)

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[Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/)

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> [The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/the-bike-accident-caused-me-to-start-talking-about-spiritual-truths/)

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[Accident](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accident/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-m-from-the-madeleine-l-engle-school-the-more-she-delves-into/)

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[Amazing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazing/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/there-s-one-fundamental-law-that-all-of-nature-obeys-that-mankind/)

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[Billions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billions/)

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> [The solution begins with a deeper transformation that must occur in each of us. I AM isn't as much about what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/the-solution-begins-with-a-deeper-transformation-that-must-occur-in/)

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[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [I didn't want to hear the usual answers about what's wrong because I believe these are symptoms: global warming, genocide, hunger, poverty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/i-didn-t-want-to-hear-the-usual-answers-about-what-s-wrong-because-i/)

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[Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/)

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> [Nature is very clear on this. In fact, there's one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks everyday. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/nature-is-very-clear-on-this-in-fact-there-s-one-fundamental-law-that/)

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[Billions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billions/)

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> [We're a young species; We're only 175,000 years old. On the evolutionary scale, life on this planet is 4 billion years old.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/we-re-a-young-species-we-re-only-175-000-years-old-on-the/)

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[Barns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barns/)

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> [Look at native cultures - they've lasted for tens of thousands of years, not doing everything right. We wouldn't want to emulate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/look-at-native-cultures-they-ve-lasted-for-tens-of-thousands-of-years/)

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[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

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> [Nature actually works through intense cooperation. There is competition in nature , but it thrives through cooperation. We don't teach this to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/nature-actually-works-through-intense-cooperation-there-is/)

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[Bully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bully/)

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> [“TRUTH: Worry has little to do with waking up. It has little to do with anything of value. Yes, entire industries have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/truth-worry-has-little-to-do-with-waking-up-it-has-little-to-do-with/)

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[Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/)

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> [Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/our-own-economy-tells-us-to-take-as-much-as-we-can-get-right-our-own/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [“TRUTH: And yet no scientist today would debate that a single germ could wipe out all human life on the planet. Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/truth-and-yet-no-scientist-today-would-debate-that-a-single-germ/)

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[Extended family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extended-family/)

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> [“And so we have come full circle, and return to the essential question: who are you? From a scientific perspective, you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/and-so-we-have-come-full-circle-and-return-to-the-essential-question/)

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[Brothers and sisters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brothers-and-sisters/)

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## Tom Shadyac by topic

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                        "text": "Nature actually works through intense cooperation. There is competition in nature , but it thrives through cooperation. We don't teach this to our kids. It's actually a violent ideology. It's why kids go into school and bully each other and god forbid do things even worse. Cooperation will become the marching orders of the human species or we're not going to make it.",
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                        "text": "“TRUTH: Worry has little to do with waking up. It has little to do with anything of value. Yes, entire industries have been created in homage to worry: auto insurance, health insurance, life insurance, 401(k)s, retirement accounts. But do you not see what all of this is? It is making yourself sick in order to lay up something for a sick day. It is you, Fear, trying to control what cannot be controlled. And what is it you want to control so desperately?”",
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                        "text": "Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be the most successful graduate if you go into the business world and take as much you can get. That's not how nature works. Nature has a much simpler economy. Everything in nature takes what it needs. That's it. You don't see an oak tree gathering up all the resources. An oak tree takes what it needs to be the authentic oak tree it is.",
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                        "text": "“TRUTH: And yet no scientist today would debate that a single germ could wipe out all human life on the planet. Why then is it so naïve to believe a single toxic ideology could do the same? List the world’s problems and you will find the same theme running underneath. Why was Africa exploited for her resources? Did Westerners see Africans as family members or separate? What about Haiti when she was turned into a slave colony? Was she populated with extended family to be nurtured or laborers to be exploited? What about slaves themselves—today’s slaves and yesterday’s, as well—are they family members or just another means to achieve self-seeking ends? What about the homeless in need of medical care? What about a child who is bullied or even a river that is polluted? Do you not see, Fear, that all of these toxic branches of the human story grow out of a single contaminated root?”",
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