John Mahoney Quotes
I've got a business manager and he'll just come right out and say, 'It wasn't the best part for you,' or 'It was okay, but I've seen you do better.' So when he does say, 'Wow that was great!,' then I know that he means it and it's something.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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I love recording music.
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Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
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We are a weird bunch, we are very disparate.
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I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.
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I make a mean pecan pie, and I have a great recipe for pralines - also using pecans. Pralines take a lot of patience, and patience is a must in the duck blind as well as in the kitchen. Good things come to those who wait.
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I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.
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If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.
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Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.
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I've got a business manager and he'll just come right out and say, 'It wasn't the best part for you,' or 'It was okay, but I've seen you do better.' So when he does say, 'Wow that was great!,' then I know that he means it and it's something.
