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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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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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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Trying to understand fundamental processes that take place as organisms develop and how their various cells interact with one another - one can see what happens with those cells by asking questions about the fundamentals of biology.
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I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.
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So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently.
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A dream my girlfriend and I have is to move to New York for a year or two because we just love the city. I would take some acting classes.
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The first belief we must have if we're going to create change quickly is that we can change now.
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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.
