Jonathan Groff Quotes
I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement when I got home. And when it was over, I rewound it and immediately watched it again.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I am a Zionist.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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Paul Rudd is too perfect. He's super talented, super nice and super calm. I just think he's a robot.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.
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Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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I am still at the crease, though the bowling has been pretty hostile of late. And in case anyone doubted it, can I assure you there will be no ducking the bouncers, no stonewalling, no playing for time. The bowling's going to get hit all round the ground. That is my style.
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Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God.
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We want the city back on its feet. We want to have jobs for the city.
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I like to go home and get involved in my community.
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You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.
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I bought the VHS of 'Into the Woods' at the Suncoast in the Park City Mall and watched it in the basement when I got home. And when it was over, I rewound it and immediately watched it again.
