John Goodman Quotes
I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at the computer as when I'm walking somewhere after leaving the computer.
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Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.
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We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors.
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The way you dress or the car you drive or what you spend is to impress other people with how, I guess, successful and rich you are. But you're not, and you shouldn't, and who gives a damn what other people think anyway. So, that mentality, I think, is very destructive.
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A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.
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When I was in advertising, I did a great deal of work on television commercials. A co-worker and I wrote a screenplay, which led to a few more screenplays, and some were optioned by production companies. I was advised to move to California but didn't want to make the move. I decided to use another form of storytelling, so I wrote a novel.
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The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
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Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.
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We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it.
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I've never drunk coffee. I'm convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea.
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A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.
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I made this Swedish movie called 'Snabba Cash,' or 'Easy Money,' and it was shown at the Berlin Film Festival. A lot of American studios, agents, and people like that saw it there and liked it.
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Prada is such a huge company, and it was an honour to work with them and so early on in my career.
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Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize.
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For some reason, I always have an allegiance to Ohio. I had a great childhood, and to return to it is very comforting.
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People are drawn to preaching that is passionate and offered with conviction. Passion comes when the preacher has spent significant time with the text, and when God has spoken through the text in a way that addresses the preacher's life first.
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They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice.They've great big parties inside the grounds.'I wouldn't be king for a hundred pounds',Says Alice.
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That Days of Our Lives thing for a week nearly killed me.
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The best businesses that all of us have in the entertainment business are cable content channels, which have a dual revenue stream.
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The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.
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I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'
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I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.
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I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.
