Jon Favreau Quotes
I was 22 and had worked on Wall Street for a year, and quit my job. I bought a motorcycle and sort of had this fantasy that I'd go cross-country like 'Easy Rider.' I went from New York to L.A., and on the way back, I stopped in Chicago and saw a friend of mine who was into improv. And I figured it might be fun to give it a shot.Jon Favreau
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I love working with other actors and other people - you know, stand-up - it's lonely; it's just you out there and the audience. But it's fun working with other actors. I love doing that, too.
Wanda Sykes -
During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground.
Fareed Zakaria -
Deal-making goes on with any job.
Vin Diesel -
I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.
Aaron Patzer -
There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.
Adam McKay -
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
Val Kilmer
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
Dak Prescott -
I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
Vincent D'Onofrio -
When we announced that we were going to support Bitcoin companies, we became a great lightning rod for activity and fun.
Adam Draper -
I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
Laura Marling -
Many may look at me and see mostly what I have lost. I struggle to speak, my eyesight's not great, my right arm and leg are paralyzed, and I left a job I loved representing southern Arizona in Congress.
Gabrielle Giffords -
I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
Daisy Fuentes
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Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit.
Sam Brownback -
British women can be slightly more reserved; Scottish are a little more crazy and fun, and American are more forthright, which I really enjoy.
Sam Heughan -
All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
Ira Sachs -
Every job is important because each one represents an American's livelihood and ability to raise a family. Yet spending our time building walls around America will do nothing to help us compete for the millions of new jobs being created.
Carly Fiorina -
I wanted to play rocking country music, and when I started out in the late Seventies, it took me a couple of albums to figure out how to do that.
Carlene Carter -
Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
Cameron Winklevoss
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Life is too short for aught but high endeavor.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox -
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
One of the nice things about writing is you can take essentially painful things in your life and turn them into something that might be useful, or at least entertaining, to somebody else.
Patrick deWitt -
For everyday, we like Beaujolais, Grenache or Syrah, and we like a lot of it! It's a family tradition: We would never consider having a meal without wine.
Jacques Pepin -
I was 22 and had worked on Wall Street for a year, and quit my job. I bought a motorcycle and sort of had this fantasy that I'd go cross-country like 'Easy Rider.' I went from New York to L.A., and on the way back, I stopped in Chicago and saw a friend of mine who was into improv. And I figured it might be fun to give it a shot.
Jon Favreau