John Cusack Quotes
Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.
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It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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Music inspires me and puts me in the right mood, but to actually listen to it when I write – I find it gets in the way.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.
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I played point guard my whole life.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
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You are never really prepared for criticism.
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An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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I have disagreements with leadership, I have disagreements with the speaker, but I have those one-on-one.
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I'd like to see a ghost. It would confirm there's an afterlife.
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Playing tough characters just comes easy for me. It's not who I am in real life, so I love going to work and pretending to be something I'm not. I love all the action and confidence. But when I finally go do a rom-com, I hope my fans will support me.
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The definition of gumbo is almost as slippery as that of Creole. Just as gumbo can contain pretty much any kind of meat or seafood, Creole is a vague and inclusive term for native New Orleanians, who may be black or white, depending on whom you're asking.
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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
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Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.
