John Prendergast Quotes
If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what's that going to do to our economy? It's going to contract, not expand.
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Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
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The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.
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I carry the voices of all my family within me, and they were with me there in the jungle.
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In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.
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When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else's point of view, whether he's a good guy or a bad guy.
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Mara Casey gave me my first job. I saw something online, and it was for a part in a 'Gilmore Girls' episode, and I thought I was right for it.
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I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.
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And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music.
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A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero.
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I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.
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If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I'd just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it.
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I'm an addict for underwear.
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If you live a good life, that seems to be what really matters. If there is something afterwards, terrific. If not, you haven't lost anything.
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No matter how public your work is, it's just a relationship with yourself. And you have to create a little sacred space inside yourself to treasure that... because when you die, that's still what you have. It's what you're born with and what you leave with. It's kind of a story of the way you accompanied yourself through your life.
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If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what's that going to do to our economy? It's going to contract, not expand.
