Jai Rodriguez Quotes
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.
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My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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My literary success meant nothing to me.
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It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it.
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The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.
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When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune.
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There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.
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Not everyone is nice and good to work with or grateful for the experience.
