Jeffrey Tambor Quotes
To you people out there, you producers and you network owners and you agents and you creative sparks, please give transgender talent a chance. Give them auditions. Give them their story. Do that.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.
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In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
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The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.
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I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965.
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To you people out there, you producers and you network owners and you agents and you creative sparks, please give transgender talent a chance. Give them auditions. Give them their story. Do that.
