Jason Bateman Quotes
People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.

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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I know I'm being a diva. It's kind of annoying to know that you are. Because it's a person I do not want to be. So I'm trying my best not to become a jerk.
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Computers let people avoid people, going out to explore. It's so different to just open a website instead of looking at a Picasso in a museum in Paris.
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Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.
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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
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Revered monks and people. This public rally is aimed at informing the whole world of the will of the people... Our purpose is to show that the entire people entertain the keenest desire for a multiparty democratic system of government.
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I thought I was half white or something because I only know white people as Ferguson as their last name.
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I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in show business, and their parents are not in show business, their parents probably motivated them to get in show business.
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I refuse to work evenings or weekends. If a script sees my character meeting for dinner, I put a line through the words and make them meet for lunch.
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There must always be a balance between protecting privacy and security. In our country, one of the ways we have struck that balance is by requiring a court order before law enforcement can access certain communications of and data on suspects.
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People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.