John Lithgow Quotes
Next to the word 'luvvie' in the dictionary, there's a picture of me. At least in the American editions.
Quotes to Explore
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I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!
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My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.
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Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.
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No two dramatists think or write alike. Ten thousand playwrights can take the same premise, as they have done since Shakespeare, and not one play will resemble the other except in the premise. Your knowledge, your understanding of human nature, and your imagination will take care of that.
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The resurrection is not an isolated supernatural oddity proving how powerful, if apparently arbitrary, God can be when he wants to. Nor is it at all a way of showing that there is indeed a heaven awaiting us after death. It is the decisive event demonstrating that God’s kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven.
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Next to the word 'luvvie' in the dictionary, there's a picture of me. At least in the American editions.
