Jeff Daniels Quotes
I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.
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I got to work with legendary director Garry Marshall.
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The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
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I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.
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Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.
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Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.
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The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
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Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.'
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The sensation of flying is incredible, and it's such a miraculous notion to go into the air and see the world without delineation.
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You could take the Internet enthusiasm that was happening in 1999 and 2000 here in the U.S., and in China it was three-to-five times more ebullient.
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We learned within Trailblazer that when we asked industry for something they had or something close to what they already had, they were remarkable in providing us a response, an outcome, ... When we asked them for something that no one had yet invented, they weren't any better at inventing it than we were in doing it ourselves.
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It's very clear that the Bush Administration is out of control. It contains some truly dangerous people.
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I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.
