John Landgraf Quotes
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
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My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
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When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.
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Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
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I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.
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I tell inmates all the time, 'Don't complain about your grind. Do your time.'
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I have not suffered any nerve damage, nor have I received any treatment for nerve damage.
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Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed.
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If I do have kids, I can't wait because I'm excited to go back to school to help them with their homework and remember how to do simple math. I think it's about staying curious and not losing the sense of wonder.
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I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.
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I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.
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Often, investors will discover a manager after he's had a terrific run, usually when he lands on a magazine cover somewhere. Invariably, funds swell up with new investor money just before they revert to their long-term averages.
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My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, 'Cooking is my job, and studying is your job.' I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way.
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I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that.
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I was born naked. I'm a natural. I'm a natural nude. So I've been on camera naked a lot.
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When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got.
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I get the best inspiration or the most creativity from real emotions.
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I don't know if anybody can second-guess what they will do on Capitol Hill.
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The Tunisian people will not bow. We will stay united against terrorism until we wipe out this phenomenon.
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The role of art in society differs for every artist.
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During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.
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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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I read every draft of every episode of every series produced at FX.
