John Gallagher, Jr. Quotes
I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, 'The Wire' is my favorite TV show of all time.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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There is absolutely no reason in the world of blockchain to build in net settlement. It's like saying you have got a new Ferrari and we are going to put a lawnmower engine in it.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
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Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
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Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
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I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all.
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There's definitely a fine line between tasteful and tasteless, and as a stylist, it's a line you want to ride very carefully.
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If you're studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate projects, each started and maintained by distinct circuits in the brain. Pay more attention to one for a moment and you're automatically paying less attention to the other.
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I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people.
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It was a great pitch. It was the right pitch. He just went out of the strike zone to get it. That's what great hitters do.
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I cannot recall any moment of clarity about becoming a writer. I always liked to read. That's what did it.
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I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, 'The Wire' is my favorite TV show of all time.
