Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Why, every time I shut the window I hurt somebody's fingers.

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• I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.

  

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• The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

  

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• To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.

  

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• When Captain America is in a room full of Marvel superheroes, he is always Top Dog, even though his powers are pretty modest. He could be stood next to Thor, Iron Man, whoever. He is the one that everyone looks up to. To me, that is Superman, too. Even de-powered in the Legion arc, he was still Superman. Still Top Dog.

  

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• Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.

  

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• If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.

  

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• I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.

  

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• I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.

  

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• I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

  

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• Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

  

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• There's a consequence for everything, and that goes back to the Bible for me.

  

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• If you only live in the world of the actor, and if you only live in the world of auditions, etc., then you don't really have a whole lot to offer when it comes to playing the humans that you're trying to audition for.

  

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• For years, we just accepted the premise that the reporters from that J-school mentality of neutrality and objectivity were just laying out the facts. We just assumed that Walter Cronkite was unbiased. In hindsight, it is clear that Walter Cronkite was biased, and that he used feigned objectivity as the cudgel to change the American narrative from being a right of center one to being a left of center one.

  

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• I think we have too much history. It’s not so important. I think people should have fun and enjoy their own time. I haven’t done much, so why should I waste people’s memory?'

  

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• I came from a real tough neighborhood. Why, every time I shut the window I hurt somebody's fingers.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Time
  • Real
  • Why