Dan Castellaneta Quotes
If you really want something in this life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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My parents didn't get to have a dream. Their dream was to live in a country where their kids would have choice.
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...The result is the most nauseating display of artificial camaraderie since the horrific Doritos 'Friendchips' TV campaign (which caused 50,000 people to kill themselves in 2003, or should have done).
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Even as a small child I never felt that I should have to compete with anyone - even my older brother.
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Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue.
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If you really want something in this life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.
