Jake Kasdan Quotes
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I've always had an interest in sports across the board.
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I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.
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There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
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I'm extremely hairy. It pretty much connects from the top of my head to my toes with a nice upper body sweater/track jacket type of thing.
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I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.
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I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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We should just go back to, like, episode 30 and re-break from there and just make it a spaceship. That would be the unexpected reboot of 'Lost.'
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Comedians want to be rock legends for a day - that sounds fun to them.
