John Michael Higgins Quotes
I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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My quick beauty tip is always have a tinted gloss of some kind to give you some color even if you have no makeup on.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
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You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.
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These days, the scientific community accepts me. But getting to that point was tremendously hard, and I think it required a big perception shift. When people have dedicated their lives to something - and spent eight years in college - they just expect that a kid wouldn't be up to doing it.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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I am a star in the firmament that observe the world, despises the world and consumed in its heat. I am the sea by night in a storm the sea shouting that accumulates new sins and to the ancient makes recompense. I am exiled from your world of pride polite, by pride defrauded, I am the king without crown. I am the passion without words without stones of the hearth, without weapons in the war, is my same force that make me sick.
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To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime.
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I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.
