John Ratzenberger Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.
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I'd love it if doors open for me in America. There are directors I'd love to work with there. I'll always do theater, but I've got to pay the mortgage.
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A man's house is his castle.
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Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I seem to do is run and scream and cry in every scene.
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I have been very fortunate in my life. I have had a lot of happiness. I have a great family and I work a lot, and that's what I like to do.
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I'm interested in non-fiction, but a form of it which is very badly behaved, which doesn't define itself as straight-ahead journalism or memoir. It blurs boundaries, plays fast and loose with the truth - not to be silly, whimsical or lazy, but to get greater purchase on what it feels like to be alive.
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Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.
