Joe Morton Quotes
I started off at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, and started doing theater in Manhattan in 1969.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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I still have a young attitude.
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One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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If a child plays sport early in childhood, and doesn't give it up, he will play sport for the rest of his life. And if children have a connection with, and are involved in the preparation of, the food they eat, then it will be normal for them to cook these kind of meals, and they will go on cooking them for the rest of their lives.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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I hope all of them have got on a piece of paper tucked away somewhere that their goal for the tour is to make the 22. They have all got the ability to do it, they are all good young players with plenty of potential.
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There is no fair use to take something that doesn't belong to you. That's not fair use.
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In college, I didn't perform so much, but when I graduated is when I discovered Second City. Then I realized, 'Oh, there are people who can focus on comedy and especially improvisational comedy and make a career out of it.'
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'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it.
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I started off at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, and started doing theater in Manhattan in 1969.
