Jake Weber Quotes
Especially on television, it's not so much a patriarchy; it always seems that there's a smart, strong woman calling the shots, and her doofus husband. In the sitcom world, it's almost a cliche that the women have the common sense, going back to 'The Honeymooners.'
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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I like to work on T.V. because it's like a normal thing, and then I like to do movies when I'm on break or hiatus.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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There have been weeks when I've not been hydrating properly or not eating properly or training too hard. When I do that, I don't feel good. It has to be the exact formula.
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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I'm a darned good listener.
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I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.
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Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.
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Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.
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A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
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Ministers of God's choosing are engaged in a great work. They are warring not merely against men, but Satan and his angels.
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Now women in comedy is a trendy topic, and people are hungering for women's voices in a way that they haven't before.
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Especially on television, it's not so much a patriarchy; it always seems that there's a smart, strong woman calling the shots, and her doofus husband. In the sitcom world, it's almost a cliche that the women have the common sense, going back to 'The Honeymooners.'
