Jerry Herman Quotes
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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
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You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.
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I put Tabasco sauce over everything. Or I put it on pretty much anything that wouldn't taste gross - I mean, I wouldn't put it on salad, but I like it on fried chicken, nachos... a lot of stuff.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
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By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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The 'Billy On The Street' persona is truly inspired by who I was as a child - obviously not having an adult perspective on the world.
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I know how guys talk, so I'm not easily offended. Guys can fight and be best friends five minutes later. Women have to air it out, hold on to it, work on it.
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I think I would have had less tumult in my life if I hadn't grown up in my particular house.
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Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.
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Obviously I've had this fascination with aristocracy my whole life. Like, the kings and queens of 500 years ago... they're like rock stars. If there was a 'TMZ' 500 years ago, it would be about, like, Henry VIII and Marie Antoinette and all those people.
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I don't want the kind of theater that I love and grew up seeing to die out.
