Jason Isbell Quotes
If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the least bit uncomfortable giving it to them. People want songwriters to tell them how they think and how they feel. That's what a song is. That's what I want to hear in a song.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
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Writers are so important.
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I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives.
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The acting came about because of a girl. I was 19 and met a girl who wanted to go to the premiere drama school in Australia, the National Institute of Dramatic Arts, where Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett and many others went. She had an audition, and I went with her for moral support - to cheer her on. I did an audition my way, and it kept going.
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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Think of it: television producers joining with newspapers to tell stories. It's journalism of the future. Advertising will follow the crowd - the 'crowd' being viewers and readers, of course, which could bring revenue back into journalism.
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In the midst of the war against ISIS, we have also waged war on corruption in civil and military institutions.
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An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures.
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I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas.
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I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.
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If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the least bit uncomfortable giving it to them. People want songwriters to tell them how they think and how they feel. That's what a song is. That's what I want to hear in a song.
