Pat Morita Quotes
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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
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Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
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Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
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Only votes talk, everything else walks.
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Commercialism isn't challenging creatively; it's only challenging in a stamina way.
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A cat only has itself.
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My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen.
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The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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I have no idea when it's going to be, when I'll retire.
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Proust, my big inspiration for 'Goon Squad,' uses music a lot in his novel, both in terms of plot and structure. I liked the idea of doing the same thing, which is one reason I structured 'Goon Squad' as a record album, with an A side and a B side, that's built around the contrasting sounds of the individual numbers in it.
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The frightening and most difficult thing about being what somebody calls a creative person is that you have absolutely no idea where any of your thoughts come from, really. And especially, you don't have any idea about where they're going to come from tomorrow.
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Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story.
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My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are even some moms who think it's cheesy. It's a role you can't prepare for; it's a role you don't get paid to do, but it is the most rewarding role, and to me, it's been the most fulfilling.
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I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.
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The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.
