Jeff Goldblum Quotes
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Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans.
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I would love to work on a Bond film.
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I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
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I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
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We know from chaos theory that even if you had a perfect model of the world, you'd need infinite precision in order to predict future events. With sociopolitical or economic phenomena, we don't have anything like that.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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In a world where everyone is behaving honestly, any dishonesty constitutes a big infraction. But, in a world where many people are behaving dishonestly, and the news is filled with stories of their infractions, even big infractions can feel small to the perpetrator.
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The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.
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There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like 'You should not know where the camera is - you should act, and I will do the rest.'
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Timid salesmen have skinny kids.
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I'm in awful shape. I'm trying to get in better shape. My girlfriend, she's in good shape. She gives me health tips sometimes, like, 'Hannibal, you're going to die.' Stuff like that.
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I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.
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Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
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Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest.
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Murder decorated with a ribbon is still murder.
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And my girlfriend, she's FAT! How fat? She's so fat she wears two watches-one for each time zone!
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The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.
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I don't go to these places where there are belly dancers and this and that.
