Stephen Tobolowsky (Stephen Harold Tobolowsky) Quotes
It's funny how we imagine that lifelong relationships have to be build on a mountain top of moments, so huge they're written across the sky in letters a mile wide. But I knew a skywriter once and he told me the letters are just strategically placed puffs of smoke that are easily blown away. In reality, a life together is made of the simplest, smallest things.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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Any girl who likes watching movies would like to work in them and would want to do all of that. I'm also one of them. But people know me for badminton and love me for it. So I'd stick to it right now. But maybe after badminton, I'll think about it.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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I just don't drink alcohol. I never have; I never will.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
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One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.
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The founding document of the United States of America acknowledges the Lordship of Jesus Christ because we are a Christian nation.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.
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I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.
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Contract year or not a contract year, I'm playing the exact same way and focused on the exact same things.
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My son, Gio, wanted to do a horseback trip in Mongolia, but he didn't want to do an Abercrombie & Fitch-type tour, where they show you around while you sleep in B&Bs.
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It's funny how we imagine that lifelong relationships have to be build on a mountain top of moments, so huge they're written across the sky in letters a mile wide. But I knew a skywriter once and he told me the letters are just strategically placed puffs of smoke that are easily blown away. In reality, a life together is made of the simplest, smallest things.
