Jacob Whitesides Quotes
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.
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When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.
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The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here.
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Big business has no party and never shall have.
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It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.
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I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!
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I'm like a crockpot on low heat. My mind constantly comes up with ideas, but I abandon a lot of them after a week or two. It's the ones that keep coming to me, that keep picking up flavors, that haunt me, those are the ones that wind up getting written.
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I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.
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My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club.
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You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important.
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It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.
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My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.
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The idea that owning a gun in America was an individual right only dates to the 1980s.
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The voiceover thing is very selfless. You go in there and they've hired you for your voice, but they know exactly what they want, and the writer's there and he knows exactly how it's supposed to be said. So you can't really argue with them, you just have to let them tell you what to do and then do it.
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It's true you never know the full depth of a parent's touch in your life until they're gone. Even if you cared for them in their old age, there's never a way to prepare yourself for the death of a parent.
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A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety.
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There's so much to be thankful for. Just look around.
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My fans are definitely my shareholders, and I'm extremely thankful for them.
