John Turturro Quotes
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If you look at NBC, two of their most successful shows - '30 Rock' and 'Parks And Rec' - are written by women, produced by women, and I think that's the future. Women are the new men.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is monetized these days, whether it's the news or whether it's sports, and we think online dating is going to evolve in the exact same way.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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The thing about Iceland is that we are trapped there anyway, all of us. We have been trapped there for thousands of years.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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I don't bother about how people feel about me. What matters to me is how I feel about them.
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The weather in California is so much hotter than it is in England that it's absolutely changed my style. I have many more dresses and shorts than I ever thought I would coming from U.K.! It's so much easier to dress femininely in a warm climate.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
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Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination. For the benefit of a minority, it is courteous to serve chilled fruit juice in addition to cocktails made with liquor.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.
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I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.
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If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.
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You have got to play the game with the cards that have been dealt to you, and it is of no use for you to bewail your fate because you don't hold different ones. Look them over, arrange them, and play. You certainly must play them before you will get any others, and you need never expect to have other people's cards.
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I pray that all polar opposites learn to Agape Love, live and work together as brothers and sisters - or perish as fools. While I voted for Mr. Trump, my confidence remains in God, for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Prayers for President-elect Trump, Congressman Lewis, and everyone including leaders.
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There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, but it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac.
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I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.
