Jeff Raikes Quotes
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I'm not obsessively a follower of fashion in the way I used to be. But I still have all those magazines I bought at the time because I bought ones that felt a little timeless, more like books.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy.
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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
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When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you.
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I've worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. I'm past the point where I worry about people liking me.
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I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
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I don't try to be sexy, but I do want to look as good as I can.
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We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins.
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As soon as there is life there is danger.
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I became famous almost before I had a craft.
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The rules of logic are to mathematics what those of structure are to architecture.
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I have no kicks at all The fact is I'm pretty happy about the whole thing...I enjoy this country. I like the parks and the highways and the good schools and everything that this Government does.
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Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites,Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.
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My first tic was to shake my head violently. I was in karate class, and I was shaking violently. All of a sudden, I just started to notice that the teacher was looking at me, and all the kids were wondering what I was doing. I suddenly felt really strange.
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I do not write political shows; I should not write political shows.
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Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.
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I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs.
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If a playwright is funny, the English look for a serious message, and if he's serious, they look for a joke.
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It takes my breath away that they do this with volunteers.
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For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man.
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In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.
