Jake Pavelka Quotes
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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I loved Alessandra Torre's 'Black Lies.'
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert, we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with so we may all have a better understanding of each other.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.
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My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart.
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I did an episode of a show called 'Mind Games,' which is no longer on the air, and it was an intellectual comedy-drama. It was just really smart TV.
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I have a very, very good memory, and I always remember the people who have done right by me and the people who have done wrong by me.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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We focus so much on our relationships with other people, and beauty, for me, is about facilitating your relationship with yourself.
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A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness.
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I'm not going to be in a relationship that I don't fully trust.
