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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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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My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.
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You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.
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I'm such a big fan of Woody Allen. I once tried staying at the same hotel as him, hoping I would bump into him!
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Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me.
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Mike Nichols got me my Equity card.
