John Lasseter Quotes
I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.
Quotes to Explore
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.
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The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben Harper's manager. A couple of days later, Ben and I were in the studio.
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I don't see any significant recession or depression in the offing.
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As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the middle of working on something.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.
