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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These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.
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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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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.
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Here at Z100, we're kind of famous for breaking new artists and watching their careers bloom.
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Whatever happens in Washington, Wall Street, Hollywood or Silicon Vally in the next ten years, it will be irrelevant if our families don't come together at a much higher level. Without a renaissance of family, no new candidate can rise to save us. No new legislation, policy or program will heal our land.
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Doesn't anybody ever want to talk about anything else besides 'Star Trek?' There were 79 episodes of the series; there were 55 different writers. I was only one of them.
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Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.
