Jacob Whitesides Quotes
My mum is the funniest and sweetest person I know; my sister's like my best friend, so it's great having them around.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a technology that enables high quality drinking water for both home and offices as a means to improve the quality of life of millions of people.
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Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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Managers are the most creative people in the world.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
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Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates.
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You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
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We're told all the time to give up everything for love. That's the Western notion of what love is - love conquers all, all you need is love. And there are so many different kinds of outside, conflicting pressures on women.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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I moved to Milan when I was 15. I was always looking for something; I never really felt like I belonged where I was, so I went to live overseas.
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I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.
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'Seven Turns' was a tough album because we knew that the critics would use it to determine whether or not we should have remained broken up.
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We tend to admire the people in our society who have accumulated such wealth as to seem somehow great. But we shouldn't forget that it was the everyday working class man who made this country great.
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A chart that weighs some ad-supported streams the same as a pay stream... encourages artists to promote free tiers to have a No. 1 record. That's great for the tech companies, but not for artists.
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My 20s were really tough, just traveling and living in different countries, and now I feel like I know what I want from life.
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My mum is the funniest and sweetest person I know; my sister's like my best friend, so it's great having them around.
