Jim Rash Quotes
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no different. Being forced to come up with those scenes on short notice helped how we were viewing the show and forcing it to come into its own.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him.
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There is no truly global justice.
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I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
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You either approve of violence or you don't, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry.
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The people I grew up around, almost all of them had been born and raised in the South. And, you know, they didn't always go to church, but they lived their lives as if God were watching everything they did.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of it had I gone when I was 18. I didn't show up there to please anyone. After I was accepted, I wrote, 'The Audition's Over' and put it on the door of my dorm.
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Twitter's a funny one. I mean, it's good in some respects, but I can't stand it in other respects. You know there are too many opinions, people get opinions mixed up, and people get being rude mixed up with 'that's my opinion.'
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Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.
