James L. Petigru Quotes
To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.
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I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.
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My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.
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Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.
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You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
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No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which has some validity. But the economists always speak in conditionals - what a mess.
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Unlike every other other nation in the world, the United States defines itself as a hypothesis and constitutes itself as an argument.
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When you solve big, hard problems, problems that fundamentally improve how an industry works, financial returns follow, giving you resources to do more of the same.
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Now, when we first started, I would be playing something good and then feel like I wasn't doing the right thing and launch into some idiotic cliche. Luckily for me, Bobby was patient.
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There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.
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To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government.
