Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes
I seem to belong to a boom moment of playwrights, and I'm always curious about how we all got here and what comes next.
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'
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I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
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It's the subtleties of a ballad that truly make it beautiful - and it's all in the way you present it to the listener.
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The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
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I'm just a worker.
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I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange name - I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really?
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My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.
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We forget how bawdy and brutal the Middle Ages were.
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While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.
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I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.
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The heart and soul of pop is newness, excitement, innovation.
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My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.
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'Ugly Betty' has been four years of my life, important adolescent years. I think that all I've really known was getting pampered and interviewed and getting my picture taken.
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There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage.
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I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons' is taking jokes from 'Family Guy.' And I can tell you, that ain't the case.
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If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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I seem to belong to a boom moment of playwrights, and I'm always curious about how we all got here and what comes next.
