Hank Stuever Quotes
My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
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The guest to me was always paramount.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.
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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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I've tried to go out of my comfort zone to experiment with comedy onscreen.
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Fortunately, or unforunately for me, I am always at my best when I am unhampered: when I can let myself go and have a little fun.
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I don't want to be one of those kids who gets famous and then changes and becomes cocky. That's why it's so important to me to try and take a photo with every girl who comes to see me.
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What it feels like when you're playing good? I don't know. It feels the same as every other day. Just more putts are going in the hole.
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My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.
