Lee J. Cobb Quotes
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
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If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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Midi is my hobby.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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As President Trump quickly moved to limit immigration, civil rights, and environmental protections, I felt fear for my young children, and guilt, too - as if I'd somehow betrayed the unspoken contract all parents make to give our children a better life than ourselves.
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.
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You can go up in the air and everything is gone. You know, you don't think about baseball. You don't think about anything. It's just something that takes you away from everyday life. I love being in a plane and looking down to see traffic on the freeway.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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What gives my art the most meaning is when I can connect with others through it. When people say that my music has helped them, or it makes them feel good, or it inspires them, that is what gives my art lasting meaning to me.
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I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields.
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They have to pay people competitive wages and competitive benefits.
