Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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A good leader must be fair.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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God's Word is alive and powerful! When you declare these words over your life, the truth of God's Word draws forth the seeds of love that God deposits into us when we invite Jesus to be our Lord and Savior.
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We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.
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It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to.
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When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas.
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I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.
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My first reaction to Trump being elected was a visceral one. I cried for black people in general but, more particularly, for those of us at the margins who have been struggling and who have never received enough support.
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Why don't they just accept that life is sad and cheer up it's not forever.
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
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I know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always try to make the argument from the perspective of personal pleasure.
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What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me!
