Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants.
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
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I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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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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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.
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Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
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I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
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I like the constant rise and fall of the British film industry. But above all, I like the workhorses who kept going no matter what.
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I've always been a coffee-lovin' fool, from the time I was a kid.
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When the state or federal government controls the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.
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An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serious mistake. And that's one mistake I try not to make.
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I have been a proud, openly gay man since I was 18.
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I don't care how rich and successful a man is. He's nothing without an education.
