J. B. Pritzker Quotes
I've fixed the toilet. And I've been crawling in claustrophobic places... you have to deal with that when you become a homeowner.
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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When your in the movie business you have a start date and a stop date.
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The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
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It has been possible to trace historically back to a very early age the taxes which were imposed on medicines, spices and similar substances in German towns. Thus, for instance, one finds that in the year 1500, thirteen, in 1540, thirty-eight, and in 1708, already one hundred and twenty vegetable oils are mentioned.
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When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
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You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.
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I've fixed the toilet. And I've been crawling in claustrophobic places... you have to deal with that when you become a homeowner.
