John Mahoney Quotes
It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
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I really don't know life without wrestling.
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That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there, but then it's even funnier because you're walking and you're, like, stepping into sandbags, so now you look like you're having a seizure.
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I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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George W. Bush was a very bad president. The Iraq war was a big mistake. The U.S.A. needed a political change. I hoped Barack Obama could be a good president, but I'm disappointed. He hasn't done well.
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The first time I recorded without Allen Toussaint, I wanted to do doo-wop. Everything I've done since then has got some kind of doo-wop essence in it.
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Probably the most common question I get is, 'Who's your dream guest?' That's kind of annoying because there isn't one.
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You come for the money, you don't come to Barefoot College. You come for the work and the challenge, you'll come to the Barefoot College. That is where we want you to try crazy ideas. Whatever idea you have, come and try it. It doesn't matter if you fail. Battered, bruised, you start again.
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It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.
