Jon Lovitz Quotes
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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My dad would pick me up every other Friday at 6 o'clock and drop me off every Sunday at 6 o'clock, and I remember those last couple hours, like around 4 o'clock, my dad would get kind of sad because he knew that he was about to not see me for two more weeks.
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After briefly considering whether to study biology or medicine, I opted for medicine and initiated my studies at the University of Bonn. The first two years were particularly hard, since I simultaneously decided to attend lectures and courses in biology as well.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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I think newspapers shouldn't try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper.
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I ran away for a couple years just to prove I've hever been free.
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Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.
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We do assert, however, that we must follow the road of liberation even though it may cost millions of nuclear war victims. In the struggle to death between two systems we cannot think of anything but the final victory of socialism or its relapse as a consequence of the nuclear victory of imperialist aggression.
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It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.
