Jerry Della Femina Quotes
I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education.
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.
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I am not looking for a life partner right now. But if I've to list out the requirements, I have a huge list. But the first requirement is he should be tall and should be taller than me; even I wear heels.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
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Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.
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I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education.
