John C. Reilly Quotes

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• The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • Kids
  • Problem
  • Youth

• My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Film
  • Favorite
  • Finale

• Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • You
  • Compromise
  • Once

• Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.

  

  R. D. Laing
  • Present
  • Violence
  • Destiny

• In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Just
  • Other
  • Speculation

• The Obama economy has led to the lowest labor force participation since 1978.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Force
  • Labor
  • Participation

• I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Almost

• I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Think
  • Imagination
  • Paint

• There are essential elements for our public schools to fully develop the potential of both students and educators. They should be centers of community, where students, families and educators work together to support student success. They should foster collaboration.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Work
  • Together
  • Success

• I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.

  

  Halsey
  • Single
  • Doing
  • Gold

• Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • More
  • Four
  • Thousand

• Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.

  

  Kate Thompson
  • Children
  • Power
  • Control

• The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Book
  • Education
  • Friend

• People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • People
  • Truth
  • Dumb

• For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Change
  • Environment
  • Never

• I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Home
  • Find
  • Vacation

• From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Love
  • Age
  • Diversity

• When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Listen
  • Take
  • Drive

• I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Family
  • Home
  • Him

• Let's teach kids, at the kindergarten level, what the contributions of people of color were to building the United States of America.

  

  Dolores Huerta
  • People
  • Kids
  • America

• The idea of not being able to control my own fertility genuinely terrifies me. That one mistake might change your life. That everything I am, and do, could be ended by the repeal of laws our mothers fought so hard for, that women had waited for the entire span of humanity to come about.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Life
  • Women
  • Change

• When you consider your choices-heart disease, colon cancer, plus-size pants, melting ice caps, gale force storms, and animal suffering vs. good health, energy, a trim physique, a livable planet, compassion, and tasty, diverse foods-it's clear that going vegetarian is an excellent choice as we move toward living a more conscious life.

  

  Kathy Freston
  • Life
  • Good
  • Heart

• Oddly enough, Dame Edna is not interested in show business. Her friends in Los Angeles are mostly in the world of petroleum. She used to have some acting friends. Sadly, Joan Rivers has passed on. Larry Hagman was a close friend. A number of others.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • World
  • She
  • Business

• I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

  

  John C. Reilly
  • Life
  • Perfect