John Slattery Quotes

I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

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• The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.

  

  Patrick J. Adams
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Live
  • May
  • Like

• People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • People
  • Time
  • God

• I love all things Christmas.

  

  Samantha Barks
  • Love
  • Things
  • Christmas

• To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.

  

  Olivier Megaton
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Changes

• I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • People
  • Think
  • Opinion

• It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.

  

  Barbara Castle
  • Men
  • Women
  • True

• I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.

  

  Gareth Bale
  • People
  • Famous
  • Numbers

• I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Rather
  • Skinny
  • Curvy

• No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Work
  • Love
  • Fun

• If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.

  

  Iain Sinclair
  • People
  • Know
  • Story

• If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Happy
  • Play
  • Like

• I love researching, I love interviewing.

  

  Quiara Alegria Hudes
  • I Love
  • Interviewing
  • Researching

• In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.

  

  Karl Liebknecht
  • Present
  • Wars
  • Self-Defense

• Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Play
  • Simple
  • Cricket

• You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Game
  • You
  • Alert

• To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Life
  • May
  • Free

• The way to write is well, and how is your own business.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • Business
  • Way
  • Write

• The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.

  

  Yaya Toure
  • People
  • Life
  • Different

• I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.

  

  Medgar Evers
  • Life
  • Children
  • Heart

• I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first.

  

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.
  • Country
  • Party

• Radical innovation is difficult to fund. It seems scary. And the really radical things seem even more scary.

  

  Nolan Bushnell
  • Scary
  • Innovation
  • Fund

• As a transgendered artist, I have always occupied a place outside of the mainstream. I have gladly paid a price for speaking my truth in the face of loathing and idiocy.

  

  Anohni
  • Truth

• I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

  

  John Slattery
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