Jesse Tyler Ferguson Quotes
I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America.
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I'm sure there are some commercial applications for Twitter, but they don't really interest me. I mean, 140 characters? I am really not interested in Ashton Kutcher's daily walks. Not for me.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I like to do Pilates.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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I love to play with the notion of who the protagonist is - who is the audience supposed to root for? I did it in 'Sicario' and feel it was the strength of the script - guiding the audience's allegiance toward the villain because they think he's the hero, until it's revealed that he's the villain.
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In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.
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All genuinely intellectual work is humorous.
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When it was my turn and I stood up and called for life, liberty and peace and managed to sit down before I added a hard-boiled egg to the list.
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All the trouble you will cause by not leaving a will. All the heartache! Family feuds are going to happen anyway, so be as clear as you can. And even if it's only to leave it to the cat's home, make a will.
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I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.
