Joel Siegel Quotes
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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One of the great responsibilities we have as a society is to educate ourselves, along with the next generation, about which substances are worth ingesting, and for what purpose, and which are not.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention.
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I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.
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I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I've retained a bit of that in my adulthood.
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Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me.
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Acting is a form of confusion.
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Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.
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I started Verite on savings from three years working at Applebee's in Times Square. I was a ridiculously good waitress. I was making more money than my brother, who worked at a start-up.
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Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real.
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In European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American - on the other hand, is expressed in an eager amateurish way. A European gives a sense of scope, of survey, of consideration. An American is strained, sensational. One is artistic gold; the other is bullion.
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I work every morning, all morning, sometimes in the afternoons. Then sometimes I hunt in the afternoons - quail, doves, grouse up north - but just to stay alive, because writers die from their lifestyle but also from their lack of movement.
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The very things we wish to avoid, neglect and flee from turn out to be the 'prima materia' from which all real growth comes.
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I've always been a narcissist.
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I remember the will said, 'May God thy gold refine.' That must be from the Bible." "Shakespeare," Turtle said. All quotations were either from the Bible or Shakespeare.
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Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.
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The studio should not have released this film.
