Jeff Daniels Quotes

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.

Jeff Daniels

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1955

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Gimmicks belong almost anyplace except a Republican presidential primary.

Meghan McCain

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I think everybody in Washington could use a curfew, to be honest.

Jeanne Shaheen

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In Vietnam, we took a hill and defeated the enemy; then we retreated and let the enemy take over.

Jeff Duncan

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I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.

Rita Rudner

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People don't understand being a child star is very hard because first off, to be a child star, you have to be very unique. These kids are talented to be able to do it at such a young age. At the same time, you go through the pressures of bullying and a lot of people not understanding.

Romeo Miller

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I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that continues to give Americans indigestion... Direction is about having a vision, but the practice of being a director is a con game - a confidence game.

Mira Nair

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I'm really loud. I can't sing softly.

Chris Young

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The state is out of control, the state is on a spending binge, the state has to stop putting itself in a hole that's getting deeper and deeper and deeper.

Peter Ueberroth

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I knew my successor would be better than me for the next stage of the company's life. And it was a relief - I'd been doing it for 30 years. My only worry was what the hell I was going to do with my time.

Peter Hargreaves

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In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out.

Thomas Shepard

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Reason is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing available to a writer. It's just part of the arsenal of many things available to a storyteller. Revelation, for example.

Mark Helprin

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Being Speaker of the House is a really tough spot.

Marsha Blackburn

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