J. C. Watts Quotes
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.
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Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people who work for you would say, 'Wow, I didn't know I could do that until I started working with that guy.'
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
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I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
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In the context of social media, reddit is more about the media than the personalities.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Simplicity lies concealed in this chaos, and it is only for us to discover it.
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Be ready, be prepared, be alert and then everybody around you will notice and they will want to share their skills with you even more. You're showing that you're enthusiastic, you care and that you're dedicated. It's not always easy, but if you've got a passion and a desire to do something then your natural energy will get you through.
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Mom was all about hellfire and brimstone. Her Old Testament God was a colossal, ancient brute, a maelstrom of blood and fire, of appetite and wrath.
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If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.
