Jonathan Groff Quotes
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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I prayed every day of my life, and that was instilled in me as a kid, and as I've gotten older, that's just matured in me.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.
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I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it.
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It is better to be likable than to be talented.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.
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I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.
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When I was young, my dad, a veteran who attended college on the GI Bill, lost his job at age 55 when the company he worked for was sold. My entire family pitched in - my mom took in sewing, and I got a minimum wage job after school.
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If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.
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We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.
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Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.
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A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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I smile a lot in my real life.
