Dave Goelz Quotes

On Muppets head writer, Jerry Juhl: "There's a philosophy I think Jim [Henson] started out with - that people are basically good, life is to be enjoyed, take care of other people, there's enough for everybody - and Jerry [Juhl] was absolutely in sync with that."

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• I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.

  

  Feist
  • Good
  • American
  • War

• I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Up
  • Future
  • Boring

• If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.

  

  Ed Harris
  • Interesting
  • Me
  • Challenge

• I love to write.

  

  Kara Hayward
  • Love
  • Write
  • I Love

• I like things simple.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Simple
  • Like
  • Things

• I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.

  

  Hannah Kent
  • Writing
  • Poetry
  • Qualities

• Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Different
  • Job
  • Language

• One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Life
  • Up
  • Kids

• I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.

  

  Rachel G. Fox
  • Chocolate
  • Credit
  • Ice

• I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Up
  • Movies
  • Find

• Women just love to shop.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Women
  • Love
  • Shop

• In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.

  

  Karen Kain
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Guy
  • Me
  • Say

• I'm pretty casual, but I'm starting to obsess a little bit; like, one of my favorite things to do is to pair really feminine accessories with edgier outfits or vice versa.

  

  Kara Hayward
  • Pretty
  • Like
  • Starting

• That I am today the face of Louis Vuitton almost seems like a twist of fate. You dream back to front, wanting the rewards before putting the work in. And then you work, get on with life, and just sometimes these childhood dreams have a way of catching up with you. This is a true privilege for which I am eternally grateful.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Life
  • Up
  • Work

• I don't know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way - all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup - all the time. When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Time
  • Energy
  • Hair

• My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.

  

  G-Eazy
  • People
  • Career
  • Support

• Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Hope
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• Savage – There is only one way fit for a man – Heroism, or Master-Morality, or Violence. All the other people in between are ploughing the sand.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • People
  • Violence
  • Savage

• Besides stray instances of acting in school and college, I hadn't prepared myself to be an actor.

  

  Mawra Hocane
  • School
  • College

• The fun for me in collaboration is, one, working with other people just makes you smarter; that's proven.

  

  Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • People
  • Fun
  • Collaboration

• The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war in each story without having to comment on its all-encompassing nature. Turn the page and here are new characters and new situations, but the war remains... Isn't that how life has been for us for over a decade?

  

  Said Sayrafiezadeh
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Character

• On Muppets head writer, Jerry Juhl: "There's a philosophy I think Jim [Henson] started out with - that people are basically good, life is to be enjoyed, take care of other people, there's enough for everybody - and Jerry [Juhl] was absolutely in sync with that."

  

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