Jake Shears (Jason F. Sellards) Quotes
I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list.
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
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The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.
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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
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Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.
