Jason Jones Quotes
Every field piece I did on 'The Daily Show' was a story that lasted five to six minutes. We had a protagonist, we had an antagonist and often put them at odds. We knew the story we wanted to tell before we went in, and often it was about plugging whatever character you have - in this case, a real person - into said part.
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attitudes of that time. I represent everything that's supposed to be wrong, everything that's forbidden.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.
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I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I would love to work with Matt Damon.
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We can't go all over the world killing people because we disagree with them.
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I am quite looking forward to working with Shah Rukh Khan.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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If we can get everybody working or as many as we can, you would be amazed at how many of our problems will disintegrate, go away.
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I transform when I work, but on a daily basis, I really don't pay that much attention to my looks.
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Ideologies are cultural memes. They are the most confining of the cultural memes. That's where culture gets real ugly. It is when you rub up against its ideologies.
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What is it about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?...The thing man wanted to invent, but never did...If you let it go on, it'd burn our lifetimes out. What is fire? It is a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledygook about friction and molecules. But they don't really know. Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences.
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It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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Every field piece I did on 'The Daily Show' was a story that lasted five to six minutes. We had a protagonist, we had an antagonist and often put them at odds. We knew the story we wanted to tell before we went in, and often it was about plugging whatever character you have - in this case, a real person - into said part.
