Joe Penny Quotes
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I'm not a very technical musician at all.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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Honestly, I wish I could be a part of all the remakes of my father's films. But on second thought, I wouldn't want to be a part of any. The thought of being compared to him is unnerving. I'd rather do my films than live in the fear of living up to his standards.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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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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Corona Light has had very faithful stewardship from us from the very beginning in 1989.
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I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
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I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.
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Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.
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It's interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn't. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known?
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Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.
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The part of Stripe that I've always found most interesting is the idea of facilitating new commerce that wouldn't otherwise happen. Payouts is turning out to be a big part of that. These new networks are efficient, intelligent replacements for offline behemoths.
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Few revolutions succeed, and when they do, you often discover they did not gain what you hoped for, and you condemn yourself to perpetual fear, as the parties you defeated may always regain power and work for your ruin.
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I wasn't the best frogman out there.
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I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.
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When I went to Australia, I went shark diving. It was crazy. It was called 'extreme' shark diving because even though we were in cages, we literally could touch the sharks swimming by. They were huge and I'm terrified of sharks. Then I went to a wildlife park and held kangaroos. That was nice.
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Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.
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With a mind not diseased, a holy life is a life of hope; and at the end of it, death is a great act of hope.
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I definitely want to go the route of feature films.
