Jeffrey Tambor Quotes
When I did the pilot, Mort was very real to me. When I got through with the ten weeks, Maura is even more real to me.
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
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I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too.
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I am quite a cheerful, dark person. On the outside, I'm optimistic but I expect the worst to happen.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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The painting never changes once I've started to paint it. I work things out before-hand in the sketches.
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It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.
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When I did the pilot, Mort was very real to me. When I got through with the ten weeks, Maura is even more real to me.
