Jason Kander Quotes
If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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I manage my business; politicians are doing their business. I can only work within their rules and regulations. I can't pick up a political fight.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.
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At TGC, we are firm believers in the value of making games that respect our players.
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My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.
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People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.
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I believe psychology has done very well in working out how to understand and treat disease. But I think that is literally half-baked. If all you do is work to fix problems, to alleviate suffering, then by definition you are working to get people to zero, to neutral.
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Beyond being timely, an obituary has a more subjective duty: to assess its subject's impact.
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If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.
