Jake Gyllenhaal Quotes
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
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I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
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Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.
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The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized.
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I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
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I'm trying to work, be diverse and multi-talented.
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I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.
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Novels are pirated all the time, but it's hard to imagine that you're at work and you open up the attachment that your brother sent you and it's the new Phillip Roth novel.
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Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery.
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I've been a jealous person myself. I've been distrustful, convinced that somebody's having an affair with somebody else. If you believe it in your head, everything looks like a lie. When you're looking for it, you always see it - even the change of expression in their face.
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After I spent my compulsory army service in the 'top secret office' of the Medical Forces, where I was fortunate to be exposed to clinical and medical issues, I enrolled to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.
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Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.
