John Lithgow Quotes
For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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I never left doo wop.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.
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I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.
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Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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I see Intershop as a leader in the E-commerce digital economy and believe the company has truly long-term potential.
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I spend a lot of time on my music.
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I've always loved fashion so much and I didn't have access to the kind of fashion I really wanted, so I would do vintage shopping.
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I always wanted so much glamour in my life, so I have always been obsessed with class, and from dating a few people who were from old money and a few from new money in my 20s, I just sort of became obsessed with this idea of clueless rich people.
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I had been carpooling kids for 33 years.
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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
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Everybody is talking about the Triple Crown, but I want to win the Open. That is my aim.
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The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.
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I knock on my board to unjinx myself.
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For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.
