John Mulaney Quotes
You can do good work simply staying up all night and eating nothing but junk food, but probably not in the long term.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.
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I am not very tough with raising my children, but you can argue that to be more tough will help your children.
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Things need shaking up politically, culturally.
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Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.
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Making a book is such a big enterprise.
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I've recently rediscovered Anthony Trollope. I used to read him back in college, and a friend turned me on to a whole new series of his work, 'The Palliser Series.' It's a series of seven or eight books.
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Divorce is one of the most destructive, emotionally traumatic experiences a human being can go through, no matter if you're the instigator or the recipient. It's hard, and it hurts, and it takes a long time to feel normal again.
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In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.
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It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide.
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On really hot days, I try to motivate friends and family to come into the pool for an aqua jogging session which I teach. Aqua jogging is a great way to avoid the impact of regular walking or jogging on land. This is especially beneficial for those who have joint pain or who are healing from an injury.
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You can do good work simply staying up all night and eating nothing but junk food, but probably not in the long term.
