Jonathan Galassi Quotes
There's an old saw about journalism that the more you know about a subject, the less sense reporting about it makes.
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I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
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I have to remember for every kid saying something awful, there's a kid saying something great.
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I think it's about not just the crisis you're in, but how do you get to the other side? How do we heal? How do we survive this experience while remaining hopeful instead of filled with despair? That's what interests me.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.
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On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on a television set. There's more wiggle room to try things and fail and try again and get to the heart of what's going on in the scene, which is really fun for me. It's what I like to do.
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Judges wear legal professionalism and precedent as a mantel that secures legitimacy for their decisions. It's how they distinguish themselves from politicians or administrative agencies, while wielding power that is sometimes much greater than those democratically accountable actors.
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Opinions of language are as interesting as opinions of arithmetic.
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We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around.
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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
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In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.
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Just as you go to the gym regularly to keep your body fit, regular couples counseling can keep your relationship fit as well.
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I'm obviously not a guy who focuses on weight too much. But for certain jobs, you have to gain or lose weight.
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Hassan's not going anywhere. He's staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we're his family. Don't you ever ask me that question again!
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A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.
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When the ANC says that they will target British companies, this shows what a typical terrorist organisation it is. I fought terrorism all my life and if more people fought it, and we were all more successful, we should not have it and I hope that everyone in this hall will think it is right to go on fighting terrorism. They will if they believe in democracy.
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Hello everybody! Hey hey hey! Okay! Do you know it's not... it's not very often that we do shows in daylight. And I fucking wish we'd done before, I can see you all now. And there's some beauties here tonight, I can tell you!
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There's something about girls together, uniting, that I just thought was cool.
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You know, in our culture today, our Western, reductionist, Roman, linear, fragmented... culture, we don't ask how to make a pig happy. We ask how to grow it faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper, and that's not a noble goal.
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There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course, Cary Grant. But, there's also an Italian actor I admire a great deal: Alberto Sordi.
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In my dorm room, I was a hermit making music, I've always had a sense of urgency that I don't have forever to make this happen.
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I promised my mum that if something did happen to her, although I never thought anything would, I told her that I wouldn't give up on acting until I got my Oscar. This was her dream for me.
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There's an old saw about journalism that the more you know about a subject, the less sense reporting about it makes.
