John Lithgow Quotes
I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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We think of the revolution ending in Yorktown, Va. The fact of the matter is that the French defeated the British in a naval battle right in the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Because the British fleet was coming to rescue Cornwallis, the British general, Washington was able to surround Cornwallis.
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If I was a condiment, I'm gonna go ahead and say I would be Sriracha, because I go well with other things. I'm too much for some people, and hipsters like me.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I enjoy about the sport is that it's definitive. Nobody can take away from the fact that you're an Olympian. It's indisputable. You get there on merit and merit alone.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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Many use Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for daily transactions like going to theatres, malls, and trading purpose. People like these are unnecessarily put to inconvenience.
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What I worry about and don't like is the way in which the ideology of multiculturalism has declined into cultural relativism. I think that's very dangerous. When the Archbishop of Canterbury, for God's sake, says that you can't have one law for everybody... that's stupid.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
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Adequacy is sufficient.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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Do I believe in ghosts?...I am prepared to consider evidence and accept it if it satisfies me.
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I took opportunities, big or small, to show that I was a constant professional. I feel like the Sam Jackson of network TV drama.
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We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.
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When I think about that first DeBarge album, I remember being so green... just pristine. Nothing mattered to me but writing songs. I remember staying locked up in a room with my piano and just singing and writing songs all day long. I remember being a perfectionist about it... wanting to change this and fix that.
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I remember everything What have I become? My sweetest friend? Everyone I know goes away in the end You could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt.
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I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.
