J Mascis Quotes
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.
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For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
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I don't want to say, 'I want to cure cancer.' It's such a grand thing. People have been trying for so long and we're not getting very far. But I do want to try to understand it better, and I want to make some forward movement.
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It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much fiscally.
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I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.
