Jake Busey Quotes
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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We never broke up. As long as I'm living and as long as Chuck D is living, Public Enemy is always going to be alive.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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All I can focus on is my performance, and that's going to help me be successful, no matter where I am.
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To be happy is not the purpose for which you are placed in this world.
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I'm a black belt in karate. I grew up on the outskirts of Paris, and it was rough.
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I watch a ton of CNN.
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During the mid-1980s dairy farmers decided there was too much cheap milk at the supermarket. So the government bought and slaughtered 1.6 million dairy cows. How come the government never does anything like this with lawyers?
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I'm purely most happy on a film or television set. That's where I feel I am home.
