Jerry Zucker Quotes
People keep asking if I believe in ghosts. If you're talking about poltergeists and weird, supernatural phenomena, not really.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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Midi is my hobby.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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The films that have influenced me most are: 'The Hustler', 'Badlands', 'Hud', 'Tender Mercies', 'Cool Hand Luke', 'A Perfect World', and 'Laurence of Arabia'. I also really like 'Fletch'. I feel like all of these films reached an honest place in regard to the human condition while also stringing together really entertaining stories.
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I don't think anyone looks into their family tree and expects it to come up smelling of roses.
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Oh that's what he left? Let his mama pick it up. Might back up on it, VROOM VROOM wit the pick-up truck.
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I don't believe that poetry is in danger because nobody wants to read it or appreciate it. There is a tremendous audience for it on any given day or night. You just have to know where to look.
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Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time.
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People keep asking if I believe in ghosts. If you're talking about poltergeists and weird, supernatural phenomena, not really.
