John Krasinski Quotes
I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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I'm not politically correct.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
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Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.
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I did a number of local children's theater plays growing up, but in 5th grade, I had some good times on stage making people laugh as a troll in 'The Hobbit.' That solidified my dream to be on 'Saturday Night Live,' which was hugely influential for me growing up.
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I'm just trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as an entertainer. But I'm not willing to give up my actual self.
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When you work and earn money as a child, you need to be confident, but it can make you a bit precocious, and I think I was a bit of a pain for a while when I was young.
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I went to the library and learned how checks work. I found out that routing numbers are like zip codes: the checks are sent to the bank that correlates to the routing number. If I manipulate those numbers to a bank far away, it would take longer to get back to the bank, which gave me more time to write more bad checks.
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I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.
