John Corbett Quotes
I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.
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I got no hate in me.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
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When I introduce you to somebody, his name is Big Pun. When I introduce you to somebody, his name is DJ Khaled. When I introduce you to an artist, her name is Remy Ma. If I introduce you to somebody, it's Cool and Dre or Scott Storch - people who change the face of the game.
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My first Olympics was Munich in 1972. I am better now than I was then, in knowledge and experience. The age of top riders generally tends to be older than in other sports because it takes a lot of time to be consistent.
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
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I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.
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Jews have a tendency to become comedians.
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I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before it forms itself. I think I also care about painting because I'm not musical. Painting to me is not a metaphor for writing, but something people do that can never be reduced to words.
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I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
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I didn't get into this to pick up a new hobby. I don't want to just be a golfer. I want to be the best.
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There are two sides to me. One is the writer. That's a savage person who looks at everything as a story and, you know, wants to use real life in his books. The other part is the Midwesterner, who, you know, wants to say nice things about people and be polite.
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I've always been interested in the manufacturing of narratives, identities, and ideologies, and how they are embodied and negotiated by viewers.
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Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His.
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It's self-effacing, it's hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor.
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The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.
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Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.
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I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.
