Carl Furillo (Carl Anthony Furillo) Quotes
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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Most people who have encountered mercury have done so after breaking a mercury thermometer. And many of us who saw the liquid balls of mercury scatter across a floor or countertop considered the element the most beautiful on the periodic table.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I'm not bothered about what others are doing. All I want to do is excel in whatever it is that I do.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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I always knew I'd go to space.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.
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We always learn more from the losing than the winning.
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Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career.
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If you have the support of people with a heart and a brain, then you're good.
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Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved.
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The paranormal bad boy is usually a fiercely loyal partner for the heroine. Once his sights are set on her, he doesn't notice other women, and he's utterly unconcerned with what anyone else thinks of his choice.
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way.
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You know, 'Mad Men' is notoriously secretive with its plotlines, even with exposing them to actors on the show.
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I love it when women are like, 'You guys sound like me and my best friend!'
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Sometimes my interest in working on a film is not always dictated specifically by the character. Sometimes it's simply about wanting to be a part of a vision that I love, or a script that I love. I find exciting and gratifying.
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I usually make up stories for my kids.I like to tell them stories and make up any kind of crazy to involve them in characters. The kind of fairytales I don't like are the ones with happy endings, where there's just good and evil and things are perfect. I think when there's a good story for children it has a moral tale, so that's what I try to teach my kids.
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Carrots might be good for my eyes, but they won't straighten out the curveball.
