Jason Isbell Quotes
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.'
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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At some point, all comics have to go out and be retail salesmen doing door-to-door. And this idea of somebody who totally knows their craft having to get up for free in front of a crowd to work out some stuff they're thinking in their head, still, after as much success as you can get, is really interesting.
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My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.
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The challenge starts when you first come to Mumbai. But it's momentary if you win an award.
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In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.
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He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.
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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
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In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
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My fear is turnout. I think a lot of people might think: 'Well, in the end, it's the rational thing to stay, but I'll let other people make that choice for me.' Don't. This is very close, no doubt about it.
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I think it's really fascinating that geometry is so difficult. My guess is it's difficult because it focuses on proofs.
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Fiction seeks to represent human experience as it is lived and as it reverberates in our hopes, fears, dreams, and memories. So much of our lives are internal. The art of fiction has claimed - more than anything else - this internal ground as its own.
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My parents were immigrants. And the place for all immigrants was the factories. They were the source of cheap labor.
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I go to the movies a lot on off days. I exercise. I have routines that I go by.
