John Gregory Dunne Quotes
The self-image of many contemporary sportswriters seems to depend on maintaining that were it not for sports, athletes would be pumping gas, if they were not sticking up the gas station.
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In reality, throughout your career, you have to make yourself interesting enough for people to be waiting to see your films. In my case, people are longing to see what I come out with next. That's my success.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I grew up as a country boy.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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I want to win football games.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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I'm always playing extremes, either the vulnerable girl or the vixen.
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I was always interested in going deeply into the life of the Prophet.
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To join a great club is nice and all, but you have to play the games.
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No matter where you are or where you grow up, you always go through the same awkward moments of being a teenager and growing up and trying to figure out who you are.
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The self-image of many contemporary sportswriters seems to depend on maintaining that were it not for sports, athletes would be pumping gas, if they were not sticking up the gas station.
