Jemaine Clement Quotes
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People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.
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The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
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When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember the text - instead, they remember the sensations the text gives them.
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A lot of people thought you couldn't be a top-level athlete as a vegan, but people like Mac Danzig and Jake Shields are proving that's wrong. And it's better for me as a performer.
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People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.
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I played with Annika today. I love being paired with her. She does not make many mental mistakes, and she has the ability to repeat her swing over and over and wears people down.
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There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.
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I had an incredibly full life with my imagination: I used to have all sorts of trolls and things; I had a wonderful world around my toys and invented people. I don't mean I had imaginary friends; I just had this big imagination thing going on. I didn't need any imaginary friends, because I had so much other stuff going on.
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I can't believe that I was one of those people who said 'I'm not really a sci-fi fan.'
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I'm not running for office. I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.
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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
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Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands soon acquire skills, excellent craftsmanship which will be the most important measure of how well we can industrialize.
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Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
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People need to have enough to eat and have work and money. But there are other things that are important.
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I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.
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If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell.
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It is a weird feeling to have people go, 'Hey Chris' like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn't be nicer and more positive.
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I think people try to make the most of their time on Earth and also to 'fix' their time on Earth.
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Personally, I don't want to do a lot of angel deals in a year. I get approached a lot. I'm becoming less and less polite, which doesn't seem to be helping. A lot of the things I get pitched on are from people who just want to make money.
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Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.
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We don't want to put people in jail unless we prove that they knew they were doing something they shouldn't do.
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To make films is as boring as watching paint dry - you usually have to do little tiny bits here and there. You go off waiting for lighting, you come back - the energy dies. You hope you can find someone who can keep it going.
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Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.
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They don't get along with me, but I get along with other people.
