John Vinocur Quotes
No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind.
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Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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As an entrepreneur, you tend to see the opportunities where others see none.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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His administration apparently means to define itself as a television program instead of a government...I don't know if it can please both its sponsors and its intended audience.
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No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind.
