John Williams Quotes
Working in Hollywood for the orchestra world is a very time consuming and laborious job.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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I think, in general, when you're doing comedy, you're having a good time regardless of the comedy table tennis that you're playing. I think you want that, too: you're rooting for two characters to be together, and you should feel that even when they're angry at each other, they're still in synch with each other.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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I've found all of my apartments on Craigslist. I've got good Craigslist luck. I just sit on my couch and really focus on it, and I've gotten really lucky that way.
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I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
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Kids are very cruel to each other.
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Social peace requires reciprocity.
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One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
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Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.
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A lot of the music, and especially rap, I don't understand.
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The older you are when you buy an annuity, the shorter your life expectancy will be - so the greater a monthly paycheck the same sum of money will buy you. When interest rates are higher, the size of the paycheck for the same sum of money will rise also.
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You become a good writer just as you become a good carpenter: by planing down your sentences.
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This is not an apology. I’m just a little bit stronger than you. This is not an apology. You’re such a chick, it makes me feel like a dude. My finger’s up, I’ve had enough. You’re going down so say goodbye to us. This is not an apology.
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Working in Hollywood for the orchestra world is a very time consuming and laborious job.
