John Lithgow Quotes
It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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A well begun is half ended.
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I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.
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Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers.
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I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
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As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.
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Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
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My favorite holiday memory was sitting at home all day in my pajamas during winter break for school watching a bunch of old Christmas movies like 'Jack Frost' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' with my siblings and parents.
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I used to do little sketches into my cassette tape recorder when I was a little boy. I would just turn it on and just start doing voices and characters. I just loved it.
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It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority for all Americans.
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My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce.
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I love going to conventions, and I love spending time with the fans and going to parts of the world where I wouldn't normally go.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.
