John C. Reilly Quotes
I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I think a great athlete transcends eras.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn't enough money to take care of the most basic of needs.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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The Lilac Rose Collection isn't just about purple. It features dusty pinks and heather grays, which are more natural shades of purple and are perfect for creating a feminine smoky eye.
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How can finite man commune with an infinite God? To both Christians and Jews, God himself has made that possible by irrupting into the temporal world. To Christians, God became man in the Incarnation; to Jews, the God that spoke out of the fire on Mount Sinai gave his Torah.
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Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA politically, setting the stage for a North American Union designed to encompass the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. What the Bush administration truly wants is the free, unimpeded movement of people across open borders with Mexico and Canada.
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When people show you who they are ... believe them!
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I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.
