John Zorn Quotes
I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.
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We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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Women drive box office.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.
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Jesus did not become the 'GodKlingon' or the 'GodMartian'! Only descendants of Adam can be saved. God's Son remains the 'Godman' as our Savior.
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Has venido a este mundo que no entiende nada sin palabras, casi sin palabras.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is.
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I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.
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I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.
