James Lapine Quotes
It so fascinates me how we always laugh when somebody falls on a banana peel, how comedy and injury are often so interwoven. I've always been a sucker for that.
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.
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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
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I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.
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I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.
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Just keep taking chances and having fun.
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Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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Putin is like Al Capone.
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My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.
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Everyone has a certain amount of bad writing to get out of their system.
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It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.
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A lot of people in fashion don't want to be linked with anything that has to do with reality TV.
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I went through an extremely trying ordeal, but I never forgot the world outside was a beautiful place.
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Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.
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It so fascinates me how we always laugh when somebody falls on a banana peel, how comedy and injury are often so interwoven. I've always been a sucker for that.
