John Mulaney Quotes
As I got into high school and after puberty, I was a little more inward. I was a real extrovert when I was little, but I don't know, I just got quieter... With my friends, I was still an extrovert.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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I don't do negative things.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.
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I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting mirror and do their thing, pose, dance. I love that moment!
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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Love is the one wild card.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
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You could pack for a trip to Europe with the bags under my eyes!
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.
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Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.
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Many of my clients have become close friends, and that informs the clothing I design for them. Julianna Margulies was introduced to me by her publicist many years ago, and we've been good friends ever since.
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You've got to be a misanthrope in this business, a real son of a bitch. I'm touchy. I've got raw nerve ends, and I'll jump. If I see a stuffed shirt, I want to punch it.
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To realize our true creative potential - in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities - we need to think differently about ourselves and towards each other. We must learn to be creative.
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As I got into high school and after puberty, I was a little more inward. I was a real extrovert when I was little, but I don't know, I just got quieter... With my friends, I was still an extrovert.
