Jacob Whitesides Quotes
I will write a verse or a story and bring it into a songwriting session, because that's what's big in Nashville - the collaborative part of songwriting.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.
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Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
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In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.
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I think I've had the opportunity to work for people because I wanted to and because I thought they were good people, and therefore everything I do, I can do with sincerity.
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First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai'i was a brilliant idea.
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I don't run a non-profit. There are lots of non-profits in America - in Detroit, parts of Wall Street, etc. I run a not for profit. We're a business. The only difference is that instead of selling soap or sneakers, we sell hope and leadership.
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I didn't have a childhood.
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Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.
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And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.
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'She obeys me, but only because she wants to.''It’s the only justification for obedience,' Ged observed.
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Sometimes there’s no point in giving up.
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In talking about memory and our history, I think our humanity, especially in China, is cut. Cut, broken, separated. If we have a character from our history and memory, the character is broken, it’s shattered.
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I like rock music that has melody, but it also makes you wanna get up and dance.
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I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation in the family, but because I was so close to my parents in age, they treated me with a kind of adult respect. They talked to me as an equal.
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People say that if you talk too much about sex, you take away the mystery. I say, if you're somebody who likes to talk, talk all you want - it's not listening. You will never take away the mystery.
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I used to not watch what I ate. I would just kind of eat whatever.
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How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.
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The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.
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As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'
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I will write a verse or a story and bring it into a songwriting session, because that's what's big in Nashville - the collaborative part of songwriting.
