Jason Blum Quotes
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.
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I'm a real romantic.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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One of the reasons I love devils so much is not based in my faith, but because as a kid, I grew up loving heavy metal and horror movies, and the devil is such a huge presence in both.
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Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse.
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I like to say that the one thing that all people who succeed in changing the world have in common is that they at least tried.
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The international community have to create pressure on Saleh. One, they have to establish an international commission so they can investigate the killing that is happening...Without that justice, and if they leave Saleh alone, there will be no security and peace, not only in Yemen and our region, but also around the world.
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You might see some of the movies that I'm in where there are shades of drama or whatever, but for the most part, I don't get offered serious roles.
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I didn't grow up loving horror.
