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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So you get kind of addicted to a revenue stream, and then all of a sudden it goes away, now the problem is worse than it was before.
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It was strange at times. We had to make out so much that we kind of got over it. It was really awkward.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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Though the terrain of frustration may be vast - from a stubbed toe to an untimely death - at the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.
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Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.
