Jeff Daniels Quotes
I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.
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What's wrong with extreme dieting and hard-core fitness plans is that they don't take into account the rest of your life.
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In all the towns and villages it controls, ISIS has implemented its very conservative version of Sharia. Rules on appearance are strictly enforced: a beard for men, the full veil for women. This is required for the whole population.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.
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I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.
