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 play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
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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 studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.
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You could not give up a human heart as you could give up drinking. The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover’s soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal; you had a duty towards it.
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
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Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive, and the challenge for us adults is to keep that going in ourselves when we're doing it for the fiftieth or the hundredth time. To my delight and amazement, it hasn't gone stale - we discover it freshly every time.
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I read the newspaper, but I live in my own little bubble.
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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.
