Jake Shears (Jason F. Sellards) Quotes
I hope that I do make music that can speak to anyone. I don't just want to play for a queer crowd.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.
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I recorded with Hank (Jones) a number of times, usually on dates where Milt was unavailable, and I thought he was the perfect pianist. He had a beautiful touch, knew all the best ways around the chord changes, and swung mightily. And he brought an air of cheerful competence to every date, making us all feel that it would be possible to make some very good music that day.
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I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
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What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
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Voyaging into the night, one knows exactly where, on a known vessel, an absolute harmony with the elements of the unreal. 1959, reacting on a remark of Robert Motherwell
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I hope that I do make music that can speak to anyone. I don't just want to play for a queer crowd.
