Jerry Spinelli Quotes
I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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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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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
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Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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What I've realized is that, especially in Los Angeles, a lot of people are on some kind of path, even if they're not completely conscious of it. I've sort of always been on a path to find more peace, more security within myself. I've always felt like I needed something to help me feel better.
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People travel overseas to do things overseas that aren't legal in Ireland all the time. You know, are we going to stop people going to Las Vegas? Are we going to stop people going to Amsterdam? There are things that are illegal in Ireland, and we don't prevent people from travelling overseas to avail of them.
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It's very hard for me to photograph someone when I'm not attracted by who they are.
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One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.
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One belongs to one's language as a writer.
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I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.
