Jason Isbell Quotes
The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in the country category.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
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The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.
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The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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Holy cow, in the course of one week I feel like I've lived about a year!
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.
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I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.
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I am pretty well retired, ... I run Slinger and Milwaukee and certain other shows. It's kind of like a hobby.
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The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in the country category.
