Ricky Jay Quotes
I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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I think people turn to poetry more often than they think they do, or encounter it in more ways than they think that they do. I think we forget the places that we encounter it, say, in songs or in other little bits and pieces of things that we may have remembered from childhood.
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The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.
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I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.
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The Indonesian brands aren't interested in sports people, only movie stars, because they can get more exposure in the media.
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I think if anybody had the opportunity to stay in one place and play ball, they would.
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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.
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History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove more destructive than even the most deadly enemy.
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.
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An expensive arms race, under cover of the military metaphysic, and in a paranoid atmosphere of fright, is an economically attractive business. To many utopian capitalists, it has become the Business Way of American Life.'
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Both parents’ rights must exist primarily to assist the parents in fulfilling their responsibilities. Primarily does not mean exclusively.
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Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security.
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My father was an amazing man. No person is perfect, and no father-son relationship is perfect. He wanted me to live my life my way and never think about what he would have done or what he would have wanted to do.
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As we continue to become a society of tweets, shorter and shorter messages, there's great value in the contemplation and reflection that comes from reading a long body of work.
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I get referred to as the social media kid on set, but I don't let it bother me. I try not to.
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I think the last reality show I watched was the first 'Survivor'. That was a long time ago.
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Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what they're trying to get, what they're struggling for. We have had the reaction where people leave the movie sort of uncomfortable and befuddled. Although that wasn't our intention.
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The short form, for those people who can master it - and I am by no means one of them - it is very admirable, because it is really hard to tell stories that can stick with the audience and still be between 5 and 30 minutes long. I think it's a real challenge.
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I think, being an actor, part of it is also being a teacher. I think that's one of the most rewarding things you can do - pass on the knowledge you've learned from other teachers.
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I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.
