Jack Black Quotes
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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There was a time when caddies couldn't wear shorts.
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Thematically, in a lot of what I write, there's a sense of displacement, of being rooted in multiple places, and how that can tug at your identities and your wants and your goals.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.
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I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.
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We thought being offered the M.B.E. Member of the Order of the British Empire was as funny as everybody else thought it was. Why? What for? We didn't believe it. It was a part we didn't want. We all met and agreed it was daft.
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I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time.
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Actors never retire, they just get less and less work.
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If you talk about sous-vide, then you have to talk about food safety, and microbiology, and heat.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
