Joseph Heller Quotes
I've come to look upon death the same way I look upon root-canal work. Everyone else seems to get through it all right, so it couldn't be too difficult for me.
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Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.
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Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful but also recognize that this is a global phenomenon.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
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The way it works at Julliard is that you just perform with people who are in your own class.
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I took a 51 day trip through Asia; 12 countries and 26 cities. I traveled for 51 days. So, it was everywhere from Sri Lanka and that all the way to Japan, where we ended it.
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Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.
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When we moved to L.A., I started going out for more commercials, and then one day they emailed me a movie script. The first thing I said was, 'No way. I love commercials.'
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To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.
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There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
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I don't like books that seem to want to teach me things. Which is not to say that one doesn't learn from books – but you do your own learning in your own way.
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We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels, through ideological frames, through partisan frames.
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It occurred to me that a food drive would be a natural way to talk to kids about hunger, which so many of them simply aren't aware of.
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I'm still true to my Southern roots.
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Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly.
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I'm not running for office. I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.
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I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you're an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.
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I didn't just fall off the wagon. I let the wagon fall on me.
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I've come to look upon death the same way I look upon root-canal work. Everyone else seems to get through it all right, so it couldn't be too difficult for me.
