Jaime Hernandez Quotes
The Tom Strong thing was totally for the money. I plan to get looser after I finish this Maggie saga.
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I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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I love New York. Love it.
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I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
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I was on a series for a number of years, and I got very used to only doing a mini-play per week. When I first came back to the theater, and I was suddenly doing eight shows a week again for three or four months, I had to find a new reason to do it.
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I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.
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I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it.
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I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem fastidious, but my experience of talking to the press is that I need those boundaries to remain very clear.
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Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.
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I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off.
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Life is full of temporary situations, ultimately ending in a permanent solution.
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The Tom Strong thing was totally for the money. I plan to get looser after I finish this Maggie saga.
