Josh Radnor Quotes

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• It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be.

  Josh Radnor

  Jobs, Kindness, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

  Josh Radnor

  Real, People, Problem

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

  Josh Radnor

  Kindness, Thinking, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

  Josh Radnor

  College, Design, Want

  "Live From Sundance: A GQ&A with Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Olsen". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. January 24, 2012.

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• I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

  Josh Radnor

  Memories, College, Treasure

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's hard to explaining exactly what happened, but I felt in that moment that the divine, however we may choose to define such a thing, surely dwells as much in the concrete and taxi cabs as it does in the rivers, lakes, and mountains. Grace, I realized, is neither time nor place dependent. All we need is the right soundtrack.

  Josh Radnor

  Taxi Cabs, Rivers, Lakes

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• One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, Giving, Secret

  Source: collider.com

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• Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, People, Guy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

  Josh Radnor

  Kindness, Appreciate, Risk

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

  Josh Radnor

  Expectations, Want, Quiet

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

  Josh Radnor

  Reading, Care, I Care

  "Josh Radnor Talks LIBERAL ARTS, Books as Entertainment vs. Enrichment, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Ending the Series and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 12, 2012.

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• A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle demanded of a good story - but the chord has to be resolved.

  Josh Radnor

  Real, Should Have, Heartache

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.

  Josh Radnor

  Lessons, Too Much, Heed

  "Live From Sundance: A GQ&A with Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Olsen". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. January 24, 2012.

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• Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

  Josh Radnor

  Watches, Television

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.

  Josh Radnor

  Iphone, Mail, Kind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

  Josh Radnor

  Film, Form, Bigs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I haven't left the house without a packet of Kleenex in my back pocket for as long as I can remember. Whenever I start thinking I'm incredibly cool, the packet of Kleenex in my back pocket brings me right back down to earth.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, Long, House

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

  Josh Radnor

  Ears, Nouns, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

  Josh Radnor

  Littles, Existentialism, Obsessed

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.

  Josh Radnor

  College, Phases, Littles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.

  Josh Radnor

  Fall, Dysfunction, Attention

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.

  Josh Radnor

  Reading, Thinking, Would Be

  "Josh Radnor Talks Liberal Arts, Books as Entertainment Vs. Enrichment, How I Met Your Mother, Ending the Series and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 12, 2012.

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• I don’t think evil people or negative people are inherently interesting all the time. People who are good people getting better at being themselves - to me, that’s something that’s really interesting to watch.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, Evil People, Interesting

  "Josh Radnor & Elizabeth Olsen Are Okay With Being Earnest In ‘Liberal Arts’". Interview with Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 12, 2012.

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• I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being cynical is somehow conflated with being sophisticated. I think that's problematic, to say the least.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, Cynical, Negative

  "Josh Radnor & Elizabeth Olsen Are Okay With Being Earnest In ‘Liberal Arts’". Interview with Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 12, 2012.

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• It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.

  Josh Radnor

  Kind, Jerk, Achieve

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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