Jonathan Groff Quotes
When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.
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I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
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The key thing about force protection is... if you focus too much on force protection, and you disengage yourself from the community, you're putting yourself at greater risk because you need to interact with the community in a positive way to gain the intelligence you need.
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Silence on the part of public officials at the national level only serves to empower Islamophobes.
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The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
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I want to be treated like a musician.
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The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems.
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Rauner stands silent as Trump assaults our basic rights.
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They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.
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I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give.
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Tarde quae credita laedunt credimus.
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The rites were just the husks left over from deeper things, no pith remaining and no mystery, nothing to lift up the soul or go to the brain like wine. And, as generally happens, the more truth the ritual lost the more they bolstered it with significance. There is a saying among the Moi: The chief is clad in gold and purple, only the god dares to go naked.
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Playing music is just one of the best things. I can't retire.
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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.
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I remember being unemployed and walking the East Village streets for many years, constantly checking my voice mail on pay phones, hoping for an audition.
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I wanna have the coolest merch.
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I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.
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When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.
