Jared Polis Quotes
The Federal Communications Commission needs to listen and serve the American people, not special interests.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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No two wars are identical.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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MusiCares was really good to me. I can't say enough how MusiCares helps other people. They really, really helped me. They have the greatest groups and support for musicians in recovery.
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My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.
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To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship.
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Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.
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People who are friends with me and who know me, know a side of me that is totally not cold.
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I saw a psychiatrist when I was younger because I had ADHD, and I had some problems with authority, so I guess I can kind of relate to that in a way. I know what it's liked to be probed and to be asked questions where people are looking for a certain answer and are trying to pull something out of your answer.
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The Federal Communications Commission needs to listen and serve the American people, not special interests.
