Jon Tenney Quotes
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
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I really am a cockeyed optimist.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married.
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I feel birth, death, marriage is destined, and these things can't be manipulated. I have surrendered my life completely. So, whenever it happens, I will accept it.
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I'm going to do anything I can do - whether that's being part of FIFA or creating some sort of movement that can actually impart real equality across all lines - in every country, every city, every sector all over the world, that's what I'm going to do.
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I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.
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The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.
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Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I always hold doors open, I always try to be nice.
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Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.
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I told her it was a bigger than life musical, that all the actors were going to be about the same age, late twenties into thirties. It would be a style; a kind of surreal high school.
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Someone else is going to read for me or go at my place to the mosque, and/or to tell me you shouldn't take anything from the West because the West is the enemy and so on. It is to me to decide. I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.
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Pain is love.
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I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search.
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I just need to concentrate on each event and accumulate a good score, and hopefully I won't flop in the 800 m. in Gotzis.
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Ego suppression can be an act of ostentation.
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A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.
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When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.
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Mike Nichols got me my Equity card.
