Joe Morton Quotes
Everyone does what they believe they need to do in order to survive in this business, 'survive' being the operative word.
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I ended the war a horse ahead.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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Two of my theatres are 1930s and the other five are by Sprague, the greatest Edwardian architect of the lot. They've needed a lot of work doing to them but they were built very well.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.
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Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.
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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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I love 'Babette's Feast' because of the message in it - an artist will never be poor, and you can melt the coldest heart with love and passion.
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Everyone does what they believe they need to do in order to survive in this business, 'survive' being the operative word.
