Jake Shears (Jason F. Sellards) Quotes
I think, as people, we're isolating ourselves. We're talking to each other through our phones, arguing... those divisions freak me out.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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I'm a horrible drawer. I have no artistic ability in my hands.
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If there is one thing that I take pride in, it is the fact that I never, ever make a charge without offering a substantial amount of support for it. You may ultimately end up not agreeing with me, but you will have to concede that I offered much evidence in support of my position, something that people frequently do not do.
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Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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It's critical to be able to see things in other people that sometimes they don't see in themselves.
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I think, as people, we're isolating ourselves. We're talking to each other through our phones, arguing... those divisions freak me out.
