Jason Robert Brown Quotes
I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.
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When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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In Germany I am not so famous.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
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The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
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Women are sacred.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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Getting to space for satellites is tough. Getting to space with humans aboard is even tougher.
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Reach, and all that other stuff, doesn't play as big a part in MMA as it does in boxing. Guys don't really fight with their length all that much, because they have to worry about the takedown or kicks. They have to worry about so many other things that they can't just fight real tall.
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President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.
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Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.
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I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.
