Jason Aaron Quotes
We had that first Marvel NOW! retreat where everybody came in and pitched their new books, which was probably the most exciting retreat I've ever been to because it was all brand new.
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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
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I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I'm an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists.
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One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.
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If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art.
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The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
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Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
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I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down.
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The imagination is man's power over nature.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
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All the sounds of the earth are like music.
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Before my marriage, I was really wild, and I was very open about it. My wife knows about it. From the age of 19 to 30, I was this mad, wild person. I just wanted to have a good time, not get serious with anyone. I didn't allow relationships to happen, and I made it clear to whoever I was with.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.
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I love putting people to work of color.
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In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.
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A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
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There are times when we have to add resources to Apple, grow talent to do something that we weren't able to do before.
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We had that first Marvel NOW! retreat where everybody came in and pitched their new books, which was probably the most exciting retreat I've ever been to because it was all brand new.
