John M. Grunsfeld Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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I've always looked at filmmaking as a lifestyle. There is no decision of when you go to work. It's a way of life: you're thinking about scripts; you see things and think, 'That could be interesting'... I don't think about my work as, 'Today I'll work on this, this and that.' It just comes to me.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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I do not know Tyrone Power. I fucked him a lot, but I do not know him. Gentlemen, this meeting is over.
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I'm not saying everybody has to walk around with a six-shooter, but they have to be prepared. You don't have to be militarized, but you have to be ready.
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I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.
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I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.
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We are drowning in a sea of Myspace, blather, and too much information. Music is everywhere and nowhere. The independent record store is the solution, a place staffed by friendly (or not) people who are actually paid to weed through this crap and help you find the good stuff.
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The best would be to fly in space with family and friends.
