J. Michael Straczynski Quotes
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies. I have the rest of my life to play the British Open.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what he was doing; he probably figured that if I had got money back in them days, I wouldn't be here now. That's okay. I'm here. And I'm still singing the song.
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Back at high school, there was this quarterback who asks me out. He's never paid attention to me before, but now we're on this date, going to see the 'Sixth Sense.' And right before the climax, he leans in - and I'm so excited, because I think we're going to French-kiss - and then he tells me the twist. He completely ruins the movie for me.
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I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.
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I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words - the words that rest in your mouth, what words mean and how you taste them and so on. And for me the spoken word can be used almost as a gesture.
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Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.
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The emotions of men, however, were of a different order. They were pesky annoyances, small dust devils at her feet. Her knack for causing heartbreak was innate, but her vitality often made people forgive her romantic misdeeds.
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A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules.
