Jim Woodring Quotes
Everything I do tries to do the same thing, which is to express things that are hard to express, hidden things.
Quotes to Explore
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When all your stuff gets smashed, everybody gives you new stuff. And when you've been playing the same guitar since you were like 12, that's a lot like dancing with somebody else's wife.
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How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
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I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.
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In addition we also hire many senior citizens.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and half Jewish and so, in some ways, living in many worlds at once is where I feel most at home.
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Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.
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Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
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You cannot work and be at home with your child. But you want both.
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Even before my audition, there were several pages missing from my script because those bits were so unbelievably secret not even I was allowed to see them.
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I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.
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There's discussion in athletics about how sport - where they say 'SportsCenter' has ruined the fundamentals of basketball because it's - it only applauds dunks and three point shots and blocks, and I think, you know, the cable news has done the same thing for politics.
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I think making friends is not being afraid to look stupid, because everyone wants a friend who is willing to be stupid and fun. If you try and be too cool, it only works in high school. After that, being uncool is a very cool thing to do. So just have fun, and don't worry what other people think of you and people will want to be your friends.
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When you play a lead role, you're in pretty much every scene. It's incredibly tiring. You really have to disappear into the film because you have no time to do anything else. You are either awake and playing the character, or you are trying to catch up on sleep.
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People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.
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I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.
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I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.
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I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.
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I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down.
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We were on a joyride, on free energy almost. ... It seems to me we need something like the Manhattan Project. We need some urgency saying, 'Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuels.'
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I think when you really adore something, and you've grown up with it, you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic.
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Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.
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Everything I do tries to do the same thing, which is to express things that are hard to express, hidden things.
