Jon Favreau Quotes
I can't begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of 'Elf' on television has been for me. It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor.

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I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
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While I knew that individuals had in history - and still could - make a difference, it seemed presumptuous - even pompous - to imagine that I could be part of it, that I could be one of them.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.
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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
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I have a different relationship with Chucky because he's been on top of my bookshelf in the corner of my living room for my entire life. He was a great tool for scaring friends, and when I see him in different theme parks I've been to, or in commercials, my heart swells a little bit, and I'm like, 'Aww! It's my Chucky!'
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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The foreigners come out here always to teach, whereas they had much better learn, for, in everything but wits and knowledge, the Arab is generally the better man of the two.
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Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.
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If your business is really easy to do, don't gloat. You might be out of a job soon.
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Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired for it like I had at other jobs, but it was fun.
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Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively.
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But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.
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In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits.
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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I can't begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of 'Elf' on television has been for me. It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor.