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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It has been my personal experience that the true flavour, the real fun, the continuous excitement of work lie in the process of doing it rather than in having it over and done with.
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In the 1980s, there was no category to stick me in. 'He sounds too smart' is what I was hearing. I realized that I had to become a member of the school of what I call 'ugly acting.' Which meant I wanted to do what Dustin Hoffman did very successfully: to play character roles, but lead character roles.
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Superheroes don't often get their powers in one fell swoop. It's like superhero puberty.
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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
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Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him.
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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.
