Jonathan Groff Quotes

Playing King George, for me, was a lesson in stillness and timing.

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• I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

  

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• Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache of nuclear materials.

  

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• I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.

  

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• You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.

  

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• I am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling.

  

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• I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.

  

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• Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

  

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• While watching him work on the set of the film based on my life - Patch Adams - I saw that whenever there was a stressful moment, Robin would tap into his improvisation style to lighten the mood of cast and crew.

  

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• I remember being about eight and watching 'Pollyanna' with Hayley Mills. I looked at my mum and said, 'Mum, I want to be Pollyanna.' She said, 'You're going to have to make yourself cry if you want to be an actress.' So I turned my head away, and when I turned it back I was in floods of tears.

  

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• People have been scared off Bitcoin by the fact that you needed to put your money in an unregulated overseas platform that has been cut off by banks and scrutinized by the Fed. We are looking to remove the pain points and create a way to invest that is faster and more secure.

  

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• The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

  

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• Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.

  

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• I exist as I am, that is enough.

  

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• Here in America, just as we see such incredible progress happening in one state, we see another state passing absolutely disgusting and oppressive laws against the rights of all sorts of people - transgender people, gay people, women.

  

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• To have survived in radio for 30 years is pretty remarkable. Even more remarkable is to have been able to do it in the same market I've lived in my whole life.

  

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• The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went beyond the Brotherhood to include the Salafist tendency in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya that had questioned the democratic path.

  

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• I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in.

  

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• When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

  

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• As I am working for the public, I must continue to amuse them.

  

  Francisco Goya

• They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him.

  

  Jack Cade
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• Playing King George, for me, was a lesson in stillness and timing.

  

  Jonathan Groff
  • King