Joe Russo Quotes
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
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If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.
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'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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My witness is the empty sky.
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The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
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I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.
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I was 24 when Samori was born. His mom was 23.
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I love making lists.
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You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to stop the guy you're playing, they pay you millions of dollars. You get you a TV and break the player down yourself.
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I think a man turns into a writer by editing his own texts.
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I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.
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That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.
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Anna accumulated things as a way of insulating herself against her own thoughts.
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Democracy, voters, voting responsibility ... everyone in Vadodara ... the awakening of the voters was very important and I thank and congratulate them.
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Dad decided not to vote for Donner after all. He didn’t vote for anyone. He said politicians turned his stomach.
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I want people to see me as an honest person, a person who is actually willing to express what they believe. The way I look at it, if people don't like that, I'd rather not be in office. I don't want to be in office under false pretenses, just saying things people want to hear so I can get elected.
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Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.
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I'm not trying to bring New York to Toronto. I want to understand Toronto better.
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What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life.
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I want you here. I don't care if it's a hundred degrees and every blade of grass dies. Without you, none of that matters to me.
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We like existentially wacky characters who exist in existential crisis.
