John Lithgow Quotes
My hairline is receding. So my days as a romantic lead - even though I've never had them - are behind me.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
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There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.
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I grew up during the Revolution of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq. The things that I saw. The impact. How it changes you. How it changes the way you look at the world.
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I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
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The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.
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Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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Finding love is a fixation now, and that's because although romantic love can sometimes cause a lot of suffering, it can also give people peaks of happiness that come very close to our ideal of 'the happy state.'
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It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable.
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Our societies have experienced the magic that occurs when pluralism flourishes and the marginalized assume their proper powers. But loss stalks those victories, as millions revolt against change and supremacies resurface.
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My hairline is receding. So my days as a romantic lead - even though I've never had them - are behind me.
