Jeffrey DeMunn Quotes
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There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business, and I still have stuff to do at their house.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
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I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.
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There should be a policy to have a mechanism in place to decide when and how to import or export.
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I have a tendency to think that when you portray baddies in movies, they come out more human than good guys.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training.
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I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.
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I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.
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It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It's really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things.
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What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
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I'm excited how we're playing. I don't know if this team is capable of going deep into the state tournament, but I'll take my chances with them. I'm very much looking forward to see what we can do.
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No matter what you do, people are going to expect you to be someone you’re not. But if you’re clever and lucky and work your butt off, then you get to be surrounded by people who expect you to be the person you wish you were.
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When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.
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Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.
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You know, Republicans went to Washington to change the culture, to change the city. Instead, they became changed by Washington. Now, it doesn't do any good for us to look backwards or to fight amongst ourselves. We need to be looking forward.
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I have Netflix, but I don't watch television.
