Joel Grey Quotes
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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The world wants to like America.
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Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic.
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When you're in a fighter jet and there's a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, it's light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world.
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My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
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One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.
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When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
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That's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face.
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If I read a script and find it engaging and I start making choices in my mind on how to approach the work, than that's a good indication that it is something worth pursuing.
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Whenever you try to pick market tops and bottoms, you are making a prediction. Guessing what stock is going to outperform the market is forecasting, as is selling a stock for no apparent reason. Indeed, nearly all capital decisions made by most people are unconscious predictions.
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Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
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I learned how to ski for 'Eddie the Eagle.' I never skied before. So I had to go out to Germany a couple of weeks early and make sure I could ski.
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If this is indeed the alternative, we are in a tragic situation, compelled to choose between social righteousness and communion with God.
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The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
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The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.
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And I'm here, to remind you Of the mess you left when you went away It's not fair, to deny me Of the cross I bear that you gave to me You, you, you oughta know.
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Life is just a candle, and a dream must give it flame... - The Fountain of Lamneth (1975)
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.
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I was born and raised in China, Mandarin is my first language, and I definitely know America. I think that will be my strength, to try and bring the two worlds together.
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Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.
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I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself.
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There's a civility that has always been a part of me.
