John Dewey Quotes
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
Quotes to Explore
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young.
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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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The writer is all alone.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.
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I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope.
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I'm interested in illustration in all its forms. Not only in books for children but in posters, prints and performance as a way of drawing people into books and stories.
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What makes 'Pootie Tang' the motion picture enjoyable is its no-brow ambitions; it's a joke action film. It slides through enough African-American pop culture signifiers to raise laughs out of those who will appreciate the references; it revels in more cheese per square inch than a soul food diner.
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I wanna make weird stuff.
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All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.
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The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
