Jason Moore Quotes
Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.
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I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe in disciplining children.
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As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.
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When girls are asking themselves 'Who am I?' for the first time and they hear all this bad PR about math, they think, 'Well, whoever I am, I'm not somebody who likes math.'
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A lot of people pulled me up after 'Trainspotting' for its absence of politics, but the argument I make is that the absence of politics is political as well.
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Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
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The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.
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Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.
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Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.
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The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.
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A disciple said to him, 'I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?' The Master calmly replied, 'One's beliefs about God.'
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Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the Great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state? Yes - one - the first - the last - the best - The Cincinnatus of the West,Whom envy dared not hate,Bequeath'd the name of Washington,To make man blush there was but one!
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'Research is to see what everybody has seen and think what nobody has thought.'
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I think, Queen Victoria's diaries, I think you can get them if you go to the British Library.
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When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.
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What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that's worthwhile, that they're going to be proud to show to friends and family.
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I look at 'Love Child' and it's as if it was written by someone else - someone who knew what they were doing.
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Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.
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Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.
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He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
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Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.
