John Turturro Quotes
Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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I never left doo wop.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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My forte is awkwardness.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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In elementary school, I was always writing little plays for my friends to be in. I was much more of a director than a performer.
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Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that's a really satisfying experience, like reading a book.
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Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that's unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of being illuminating, then you are not into it as an art form.
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Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.
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Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunities - to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work.
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Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone.
