Eric Stonestreet Quotes
My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
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Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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When you have young children, it is hard to see live performances. Unless I am in it. I do manage to see my husband Rupert Goold's work, of course.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at times and then the banal, everyday context in which we find ourselves.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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'Ulysses' is like a big box of tricks that you can dive into. Each time you read it, you find something new.
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
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Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of abolition of untouchability alone without trying to abolish the inequalities inherent in the caste system is a rather low aim.
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In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children's books. In Japan, everything is art. They don't say painting is better than ceramics or dress design.
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I learned early that class is universally admired.
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The creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that others are demanding to be given it back - to be 'taught' - is disturbing.
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You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.
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My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road.
