Richard Jenkins Quotes

When I was about 12, I came home from middle school and told my parents I wanted to be an actor. My father didn't say it to me, but he told my mom, 'No. I'm not going to allow that. He'll starve to death.' I grew up in a small town in Illinois where being an actor was not something people did.

Richard Jenkins

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 4, 1947

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I don't do girlfriendy sort of things, like shopping or going to spas. Spas fill me with horror. Frankly, I'd be more interested in doing a walk through the sewers of London!

Joanna Lumley

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I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

John Cusack

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The anti-big-government movement is pure. Its participants represent something close to what used to be considered normative in this country.

Andrew Breitbart

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No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.

Maya Rudolph

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I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.

Maureen O'Hara

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When I approached 'Animal Man,' I approached it as if it wasn't a reboot, as if the Grant Morrison and Jamie Delano stuff happened. I mean, as much as I could make it all make sense, it still all happened.

Jeff Lemire

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It's time to update our workplace policies to reflect the realities of the 21st-century labor force and to support modern working families. It's time to continue our nation's long commitment to supporting unemployed workers by extending emergency unemployment compensation.

Tom Perez

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It's not long-term debt if the money is immediately paid back.

Roy Blunt

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It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

Miles Franklin

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I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

Jonathan Davis

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The body responds to a calorie deficit by slowing down the metabolism and burning muscle tissue. That leads to weakness, sluggishness, slow times. In girls, it can also result in cessation of menstrual periods, which in turn leads to loss of bone density and frequent stress fractures.

Don Kardong

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I've realized as well after five years of being on the road that if I'm going to four or five months of my life to something even if I'm overpaid, it's four or five months of my life away from home, away from my son, away from family and friends. I better believe in it on some level even if it's a big movie.

Colin Farrell

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