John Lithgow Quotes
Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.
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I don't get star-struck at all.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.
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When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
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I am happy in Paris.
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I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because it's not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.
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I'm not married and I don't think that's going to work out for me. I'm not even bitter, I'm just exhausted.
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You need to be lucky in life, but it's also what you do with your luck.
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Life should be great rather than long.
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God, beam me up!
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Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.
