Jason Mantzoukas Quotes
I was funny in a way that was not dissing the teacher; I was funny just to be funny. A real charmer with a prominent mustache that he didn't know what to do with and a smart-alecky attitude.
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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I hope to attend it as Japan needs to tell the world the lessons, knowledge and reflections learned from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
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I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character. But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And physically too, actually.
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We need to do more to conserve fuel or face tougher choices such as steep price increase or even quantitative restrictions.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
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I just want to make everyone happy.
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The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.
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It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted.
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The ignorant are not satisfied with what can be demonstrated. Science is too slow for them, and so they invent creeds. They demand completeness. A sublime segment, a grand fragment, are of no value to them. They demand the complete circle — the entire structure.
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One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
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They had a person who was extremely proud that a number of the women had become doctors. And I wasn't interested.
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I was funny in a way that was not dissing the teacher; I was funny just to be funny. A real charmer with a prominent mustache that he didn't know what to do with and a smart-alecky attitude.
