John Lithgow Quotes
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
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I don't know if I'm a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, 'Mum, it hurts.'
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
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I came down successfully through Picasso and Braque, down through Pollock, I guess, but I began to stop at Franz Kline and the Abstractionists. I like their design, brilliant design, marvelous color layers. But I don't find any human content there. I'm from an old school, and painting has to have human content for me.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!
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I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.
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Das scheinbar am unnötigsten gebrachte, törichtste Opfer steht der absoluten Weisheit immer noch näher als die klügste Tat der sogenannten berechtigten Selbstsucht.
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It is almost a rule that the more complex a man is, the simpler his billing. A person with a retrospective ability gone rampant often would be called an historian. Similarly, one to whom reality doesn't seem to make sense gets dubbed a philosopher.
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Actors are not necessarily smart people.
