Mike Judge Quotes
I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.
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The importance of creativity in our country is greatly misunderstood.
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I was a dancer, so for me, if I don't work out for a week or move my body in some sense, I feel weird.
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People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.
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People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me!
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Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
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Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
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I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.
