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John Gregory Dunne Quotes

I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.

John Gregory Dunne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 25, 1932 - December 30, 2003

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People California Something Us Idea

If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first.

Speak Think You First Joke Guy

People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing. Like if you tripped or stumbled and people go, 'Oh, that's Charlie Chaplin.' You know what I mean? You can't own a joke. You can be the guy that tells it the best, but you can't own a joke. Nowhere can you own a laugh.

Best People Laugh Ownership You Go

Studio people are idiots. Until they see someone else doing it and make a success of it, they don't open their minds. Most of them are idiots.

Success People Someone Doing See

As an athlete, success is not just about winning; it is about working hard and giving it all you have. I have always taken one match at a time and worked hard; when I succeeded, I worked further on the aspects of the game which worked for me; when I failed, I listed out my weaknesses and worked on them.

Success Time Me Winning Game Giving

If you take 10,000 people at random, 9,999 have something in common: their interests in business lie on or near the Earth's surface. The odd one out is an astronomer, and I am one of that strange breed.

Business Lie I Am People Random You

There's a ton of stuff in mythology and folklore that is loaded with wonderful creatures that I haven't drawn yet, but that's kind of my retirement plan. Theoretically, I won't be doing comics any longer, and I'll just be drawing and painting whatever the hell I want. Most of that will be monsters.

Painting Retirement Hell Doing Plan

I'm not the best at getting myself breakfast, but if I do, I'll normally have toast and marmalade.

Jonathan Anderson

Myself Best Breakfast Toast Getting

I know the people who eat my food really enjoy it, and those are the people who matter at the end of the day.

Antoni Porowski

Food Day People End Of The Day End

India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happen automatically, you need constant dialogue and discussion with the world.

World You Security India Need

Listening to the stories my colleagues are researching and grappling with - in terms of access to documents, psychological understanding of their subjects, artful composition and determination to extrapolate from an individual's life lessons and insights that we can all learn from - I am each time overwhelmed by joy.

Life Determination Time I Am Joy

If instead of completely focusing on what you are doing, you are racing ahead to something shinier or to the next best thing, you will not develop excellence.

Best Excellence Racing Doing You

Without even knowing why, we believe that to learn how to be human - which we have many years to do, for human beings have longer childhoods than any other species, a feature that to biologists and philosophers alike is one of our race's distinguishing characteristics - children must be surrounded by animal imagery.

Children Animal Believe Learn Why

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