Jon Favreau Quotes
I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best movie you can.
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Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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I hate the domestic life.
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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.
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Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
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Televisions and radios are locked on government frequencies - it is a serious crime to listen to a foreign broadcast. As a result, North Koreans think that they live in the best country in the world and that, as difficult as their lives may be, everybody else has it much worse.
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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.
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'Your Erroneous Zones' was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.
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I run about four to five miles, three days a week. I have four young children, so pretty much the only time I can get away is real early in the morning.
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If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
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The problem with movies is that you see from the first day - you're on a train, and if the movie is not going in the right direction you know it right away. Sometimes, you can't get off the train, and the whole experience is painful.
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I was a poor kid. I came from nothing. We didn't have any money; a lot of times we didn't have any food, and now, all of a sudden, I'm a superhero in a Marvel movie? Talk about the American dream, man - I'm living it.
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Star performers are my favorite to manage and lead. Star performers are critical to any organization, and the key is how can you capture their heart-share and their mind-share when they're on this fast track.
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I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best movie you can.
