Jack Benny Quotes
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
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The fantasy I've always had is that somehow I could move back in time. I would like to be there when Susan B. Anthony was dying, or someone like that. I would say to her, 'You won't believe what's going to happen.' And then I would tell her.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.
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I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.
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The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
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I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are.
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I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.
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I always liken it to being a referee - if you notice the referee, that's not a good thing.
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The thing was always, as every story you write has a built-in problem, was: Was it too personal. That was the thing I wondered about for a long time. Oddly enough, it's often the personal stuff that people come up to you later and say about it, 'I can't believe you put that in a movie. That happened to me.' And sometimes, the thing that you make up happened to no one.
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Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.
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I feel pretty good about having an experienced guy like John back there. He's been through some battles before, and we'll need him to lead us through some more battles when we start our season. I'm counting on John to do some good things for us and get us prepared.
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Rochester: checking his equipment Shaving cream, brush, razor, smelling salts.
