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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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 a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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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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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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Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
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I hate the term 'philanthropist.'
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When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise.
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Obviously, 'Lincoln' is not about the telegraph operator. There's a whole other movie before and after the two isolated scenes that I'm in.
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A well-educated populace is the backbone of our middle-class.
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No place of grace for those who avoid the Face. No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the Voice.
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Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.
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I have had some sorry-ass looks, but I'm the first one to laugh. I'm either to credit or to blame for the '80s.
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For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not consent to go on living, and would rather destroy himself than remain on earth, though he had bread in abundance.
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I have Netflix, but I don't watch television.
