Jason Bateman Quotes
I wanted to be Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I thought I was going to be a dramatic actor, but comedy sort of started out first, and I was like, 'Maybe I'll find some more drama later on in my career.'
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
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Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.
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Shinsuke Nakamura is probably one of the best wrestlers I've ever been in the ring with. He's very unorthodox. Everything he does is with knockout power. He's a guy who is very flamboyant, so don't let his Michael Jackson antics fool you. This guy is deadly.
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The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.
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The world throws you out of your body, especially the cyberworld.
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But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.
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I think the fans of the old-school Internet shorts were a little bit older just because it was racier material.
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We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are.
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In my early campaigns, people would sometimes come up to me at a grocery store or at a shopping mall and say, 'I know you from somewhere.'
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I wanted to be Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I thought I was going to be a dramatic actor, but comedy sort of started out first, and I was like, 'Maybe I'll find some more drama later on in my career.'
