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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I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.
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The Church owns property, needs income, employs men, works on human material, and banks on its moral prestige. Its present efficiency and future standing are bound up for weal or woe with the social welfare of the people and with the outcome of the present struggle.
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I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and physical attack is a blow in favour and not a blow against civil liberties.
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Americans want to believe that we are a nation of laws, and no one is above them, including the president. Mr. Trump's and his associates' actions during his campaign and during his brief time in office are extremely troubling.
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If Clinton is elected or if Trump is going to get elected, I think the polarization in Congress will be greater than ever. Nothing is going to get done. It is going to be so ugly, so partisan, so back-biting. Well what if you elect a couple of Libertarians?
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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.
