Jasper Fforde Quotes
Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.
Quotes to Explore
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Be candid with everyone.
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I dropped out of the business for 8 years, and I taught English as a second language. Then I decided to go back to acting, and I got 'Mad Men'.
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In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.
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The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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My favorite TV show is probably 'Glee.' I'm a Gleek, like everyone else!
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A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.
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When you're no longer ill, and everyone's gotten over the fact that you've had cancer, that core of steel doesn't go away, and then I had to find other channels for it.
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I don't care who you are or what you have gone through - everyone has something they are fighting for.
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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.
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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
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Everyone wants me to be this political person... I'm not Malcolm X.
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I'm not an easy customer. My attention to detail could probably drive you mad. My eye still always goes toward the single flaw.
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If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"
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We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.
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Everyone is going to die.
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A man should never pretend to be someone he's not to impress a woman. There is nothing sexier than an authentic man with integrity. Be who you are from the start. No games.
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The 'American dream' ... means an economy in which people who work hard can get ahead and each new generation lives better than the last one. The 'American dream' also means a democratic political system in which most people feel they can affect public decisions and elect officials who will speak for them. In recent years, the dream has been fading.
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I was driving by an auto auction one day, and they were auctioning off a beautiful Hispano-Suiza. I started bidding even though I hadn't even signed up with the officials. The last bid was $50,000, and it was mine. And I thought, 'My God, what have I done? I've never spent more than $500 in my life.' That was the first one.
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'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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[We] assume that social progress is like technological progress: one cannot uninvent the internal combustion engine, so how could one uninvent liberty?
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Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.
