Jerry Seinfeld Quotes
I read that speaking in front of a crowd is the number-one fear in America. I found that amazing. Number two was death. Number two! That means that, if you're ever at a funeral, you'd rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy.
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Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
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Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.
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I don't know why I'm suddenly playing nasty people. It is very fun, though, and it isn't real, at the end of the day.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
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The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
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One of the most incredible and important things about the theater is that we're creating a safe space for all feelings, but especially, ugly feelings.
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Short stories, for me, it's like you step inside this brand new car and you drive it and you drive it into a tree and you walk away from it.
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Stardom should be a discovery. You don't hammer it onto people's heads. You don't demand it. You command it.
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I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.
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I read that speaking in front of a crowd is the number-one fear in America. I found that amazing. Number two was death. Number two! That means that, if you're ever at a funeral, you'd rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy.
