Jason Reynolds Quotes
Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You'll never learn.
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Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate.
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When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.
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I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.
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So long as you do it truthfully, music is not to be judged.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
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When you make music, you're forming these invisible vibrations in the air into different shapes and consistencies and speeds in order to create music, and understanding how the math of that works just gives you more colors to paint with, and allows you to get to what you want quicker.
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The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are just like, 'Brown boy doing it, brown boy doing it!'
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Word of mouth works now, much more than ever. @-reply every single person.
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I began studying ribosomes as a postdoctoral fellow in Peter Moore's laboratory in 1978.
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I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any 'ism' that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights.
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Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.
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Ain't going down 'til the sun comes up;Ain't givin' in 'til they get enough.Going 'round the world in a pickup truck,Ain't goin' down 'til the sun comes up.
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Blind as I was, I tried to get outAs the carriage fell in the ditch,And was caught in the wheels and killed.
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We're moved by emotions and characters and stories. We love that.
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I'm constantly having to check my conscience about what I'm writing and the responsibility of what I'm saying.
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Creativity allows people to be effective.
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The last time I cried? My godchildren went to see Taylor Swift in concert and got to meet her. They literally ran toward her and hugged her, and it was amazing. I got big bonus points for it. I'll remind them when they're teenagers.
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Movies in this country, its very complicated, and we could bang on about it forever, but the French movie industry is very different because its very obviously French.
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Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You'll never learn.
