Joe Perry (Anthony Joseph Perry) Quotes
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
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A lot of times, we look at jazz in eras. How can we not keep those eras separate and think of the language as one complete continuum? It's all interrelated, and it's all evolutionary.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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Even though I have Twitter, I only use it to say, 'Oh, this is coming out.' I would never voice anything about me, really.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.
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Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.
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I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
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Eddie George was outstanding early.
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I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy.
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In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
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I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.
