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.
Quotes to Explore
-
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
-
No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
-
Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
-
The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
-
I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
-
Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
-
When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
-
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.
-
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.
-
..Whoever dewlls on beauty tends to become beautiful; there will be a grace and charm to expressing itself through that person which no one can fail to recognize and appreciate.
-
Shooting is my principal pastime.
-
I've always liked depressing music because a lot of times, listening to it when you're down can actually make you feel less depressed. Also, even though a person may have problems with depression, sometimes you can actually be kind of comfortable in that space because you know how to operate within it.
-
We cannot simply look to austerity as a strategy and it is incredibly important that the Greek people see improvements in their daily lives so that they can carry with them the hope that their lives will get better.
-
The thing that seemed to me so important about the psychedelic experience was that it happened to me. I wasn't reading John Chrysostom or Meister Eckhart. And so I assumed that I am a very ordinary person, therefore, if it happened to me it could happen to anyone.
-
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.
