John Milton Quotes
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I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.
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That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
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The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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As an individual, I need space and can't be locked in a house with strangers. I would do 'Bigg Boss' if I get to co-host it with Salman Khan.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.
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There's something called latent PTSD. It manifests itself in different ways. I want to be free of it, but I'm not.
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I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I think the main thing I look for when I look at scripts is if it's inspirational. If it's something that teenagers can relate to. And is it something that the audience is going to get something out of. If not, then it's really not worth doing.
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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
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I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.
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With 'Eagle of the Ninth,' every shot was extremely planned and organized. The director was like, 'Do this!' And I say, 'How was it?' and he says, 'Good.' It was very odd. I would never know where he was headed, or even if he was shooting me at a close-up or from a distance.
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The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
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Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love.
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I'm not a critic. I'm an actor. I see the role I get given on the page. I try to bring it to life as best as I can.
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Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
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The death toll is not nearly high enough... too many jihadists have escaped.
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Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.
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Podcasts immersed me in colloquial English and put me back in the American zeitgeist.
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Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
