Jason Jones Quotes
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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The distinction between the world of commerce and that of 'culture' quickly became the distinction between infrastructure and superstructure, with the former clearly determining the latter.
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In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us.
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People feel really uncomfortable when there's silence.
