John C. Reilly Quotes
The thing I tried to remember when I was younger was 'Do something that's at least as good, if not better, than the last thing you did.' So I started with Brian De Palma and Sean Penn. I had a pretty high bar to start with.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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Everything and anything is valuable.
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Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.
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I miss my former teachers, John Hersey and James Alan McPherson. I would love to see either or both and ask what I could do to improve, to deepen my writing.
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I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious.
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The thing I tried to remember when I was younger was 'Do something that's at least as good, if not better, than the last thing you did.' So I started with Brian De Palma and Sean Penn. I had a pretty high bar to start with.
