Jason Blum Quotes
You've got to think of fun stories, and if the fun story happened to have a lesson, that's a great thing. If you build a movie around a lesson, you're in real trouble.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
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God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.
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During the Cold War, the United States took its friends where it found them. If they were willing to cast their lot with us, from the Shah to Gen. Pinochet, we welcomed them. Democratic dissidents like Jawaharlal Nehru in India and Olof Palme in Sweden got the back of our hand.
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Many people are insecure of many people.
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.
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The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
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When I started at Baruch in January 2002, I was almost 23 years old. I'd previously spent five years as an officer the Israeli Navy. I did what I thought you were supposed to do at that age - a little studying and a lot of trying to have fun.
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Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?
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There can be no democratic choice against the European treaties, one cannot exit the euro without leaving the EU.
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You've got to think of fun stories, and if the fun story happened to have a lesson, that's a great thing. If you build a movie around a lesson, you're in real trouble.
