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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My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.
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I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.
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I didn't really have an interest in politics when I first entered the workforce. What I wanted to do was help people who grew up like me. When I was a kid growing up in Tucson, my father lost his job and we lost everything - including our home. We lived in an abandoned gas station for two years until we were able to get back on our feet.
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Questlove redefined what a band can be, and Paul Shaffer and Max Weinberg really put their own spin on it. I bow down to these people. All of them.
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We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.
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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.
