Eric Stonestreet Quotes
I got dared to audition for a play by my best friend Paul. He got cast in 'Hamlet,' and I got cast in 'Prelude to a Kiss,' and that changed everything.
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San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
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If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in six or eight seconds before the defense gets set.
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My whole plan in my head has always been, if I go a year without acting, it's time to go home; it's time to go back to Montreal.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
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I'm not a natural storyteller at all. If anything, I'm a natural interviewer, a natural listener, but I'm not a natural storyteller.
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I'm just interested in having a handle on my environment.
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During my twenties and thirties, my interest in the political poem increased as my apparent access to it declined. I sensed resistances around me. I was married; I lived in a suburb; I had small children.
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The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.
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I've tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that's an acknowledgment that all men need to make.
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Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.
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If you constantly pound your muscles, they'll never have time to repair.
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I have always been interested in fashion and even contemplated being a fashion designer at one point of time.
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I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book? 'David Copperfield' is a big book - is it epic? Amount of time covered, length, drama, or story - that's the real appeal - if the story is long you have a better chance of becoming more connected.
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But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people.
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Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.
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Two headlights shine through the sleepless nightand I will get you, get you aloneYour name has echoed through my mindAnd I just think you should, think you should knowThat nothing safe is worth the driveAnd I will follow you follow you homeI'll follow you follow you home
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The first time I ever got paid to play was 1/18/99, Fire Hall in Bordentown, New Jersey. Played first on the bill - we got paid $20!
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If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh.
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I wrote my own pop songs and sang one of them when I went into a stupid beauty competition when I was 16. That was my public debut, and it made my mother even more determined that I should go into opera!
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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I got dared to audition for a play by my best friend Paul. He got cast in 'Hamlet,' and I got cast in 'Prelude to a Kiss,' and that changed everything.
