Jon Favreau Quotes
Between the theme parks and the movies, the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to. Walt was able to expose me as a child to the full array of emotions, including fear and sorrow. Those movies and attractions haunted my dreams and made a deep impression on me as a child.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
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When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
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Everybody eats a little differently, but the more where you are aware of what you put in your body and how it affects your performance, the better opportunities you have. And that's what I'm trying to do.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.
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What young woman is not, more or less, a mirror?
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To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
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The DEFENSE of anything is UNTENABLE. The only way to defend anything is to ATTACK, and if you ever forget that, then you will lose every battle you are ever engaged in, whether it is in terms of personal conversation, public debate, or a court of law. NEVER BE INTERESTED IN CHARGES. DO, yourself, much MORE CHARGING, and you will WIN.
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I honestly think I was an Indian living in the time of the Trail of Tears. Something like that. Every time I read books about back then, I get so devastatingly sad, so, so... I feel such a deep connection to it.
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Between the theme parks and the movies, the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to. Walt was able to expose me as a child to the full array of emotions, including fear and sorrow. Those movies and attractions haunted my dreams and made a deep impression on me as a child.
