John Gutfreund Quotes
I have never been a social lion; I was misidentified as one because I have a very attractive second wife.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
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Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.
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Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.
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I owe everything to France.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I believe that there are new perspectives that are needed in order for us to resolve the problems that we face as Americans and also the problems we face as people on this planet, and I believe that new perspective and new leadership is needed.
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Perhaps making movies is a step toward being able to move backward and forward and in and out of linear time.
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My wife is a vegetarian. When my wife is with me, I eat vegetarian. When she's not, I eat meat. I'm just being honest.
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I have never been a social lion; I was misidentified as one because I have a very attractive second wife.
