John Roy Anderson Quotes
Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping.
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One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not just about conservatives - is this worship of wealth, the CEO saviour.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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I've always had that maternal thing: that connection with street kids and people who are misfits.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
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I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We make movies about the future but it's always based on what we have. Then as science grows and we discover new things, so do our ideas. You know?
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I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
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In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!
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Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
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Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people.
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When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.
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All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.
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Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping.
