Jack Nance Quotes
I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
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It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.
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Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
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My dad was more tensed than I was a day before the release. Having learned that 'Bruce Lee' has released to the highest openings in my career, he has settled down.
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Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For most, meals were informal, a kind of rolling refueling; often only the men sat down.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
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Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
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Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
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They can say I have an opinion about something.
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Don't take anything from me because I'll track it down.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!
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I thought I was Superman until I experienced that life-changing anaphylactic shock. I was eating lunch and gobbled down a couple of bowls of gumbo. Then, 15 minutes later, I'm in my dorm room resting up. My eyes started itching and my throat was swelling up. I could barely breathe.
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
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My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.
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I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months.
