Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes
One of the most incredible and important things about the theater is that we're creating a safe space for all feelings, but especially, ugly feelings.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.
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In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of our feelings and sensitivities and our distinct ways of being Spaniards.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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I'm not at the hoarder stage, but there are two or three storage units here and there. I have things that a lot of people put a lot of heart and soul into, a lot of mental energy. I'm good at keeping those things. When it comes to pop culture, as you move through this fast lane, you wonder where it all goes and how you can hold onto it.
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Not everything that happens in an in-person classroom is currently replicated with an online course, and perhaps the experience will never be the quite the same. But there are new opportunities that online learning opens up that would have never been possible without this technology.
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Occasionally I volunteer in the kitchen of a pop-up supper club in L.A., which I really love. It's like being a line cook in a great restaurant for one night at a time.
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A stage set should not make a pretty picture of its own. The empty stage should look formal and pleasing, but should seem to be waiting for the action to complete it; it should not hold definite significance in itself.
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Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
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The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions.
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One of the most incredible and important things about the theater is that we're creating a safe space for all feelings, but especially, ugly feelings.
