Jason Bateman Quotes
If you make a mistake, people are going to know about it really fast - and I was making a ton of them when I was a kid.

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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in South Central Los Angeles, and I always felt that when I got to a stage where I could provide similar opportunities to kids then I would do that.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
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I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.
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People are not trying to get into China, they're trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons.
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An injured lion still wants to roar.
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Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.
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Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
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There should be no inferiors and no superiors for true world friendship.
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If you make a mistake, people are going to know about it really fast - and I was making a ton of them when I was a kid.