John Zorn Quotes
I'm not striving for happiness, I'm trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constantly rethinking and re-evaluating what you're doing, working and working until it's finished.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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I wanted to get a cropped hairdo, but Sreenu Vaitla loves my look in 'Chiruta,' so he suggested that I keep the long hair.
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I love India.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.
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I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
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I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing in music and in culture, so it seemed like a good time to step back.
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'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'
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Words have power, and if you are going to use your words negatively, then that is exactly what is going to happen in your life.
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Centuries of their labor would not reveal to them any more of Creation than they already knew. Yet through their endeavor, men would glimpse the unimaginable artistry of Yahweh's work, in seeing how ingeniously the world had been constructed. By this construction, Yahweh's work was indicated, and Yahweh's work was concealed.
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Anything I ever wanted, I had to work really hard for. I learned the value of saving my money, trying to make something happen, and being entrepreneurial, even as a really young girl.
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Whenever anybody asked me, 'Who is your number one director to work with?' I would always say Tim Burton.
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Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
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I'm not striving for happiness, I'm trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constantly rethinking and re-evaluating what you're doing, working and working until it's finished.
