Jason Robert Brown Quotes
Leonard Bernstein was probably the most significant formative influence on me - he was such an encompassing musician. I spent my teenage years absorbing him, and my other interests stemmed off of that. Bernstein led me to Sondheim and to Gershwin, and Sondheim led me to listening to Joni Mitchell.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I think the Catholic faith is consistent with the kind of conservatism I believe in.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.
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I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been added in almost every conceivable category that there are no more free passes on just getting there first. I think there are greater expectations for audience participation, the kind of participation that makes a real impact in a show's community.
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I take toleration to be a part of religion. I do not know which I would sacrifice; I would keep them both: it is not necessary that I should sacrifice either.
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If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all.
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Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
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I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.
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Suffering, if it is accepted together, borne together, is joy.
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Leonard Bernstein was probably the most significant formative influence on me - he was such an encompassing musician. I spent my teenage years absorbing him, and my other interests stemmed off of that. Bernstein led me to Sondheim and to Gershwin, and Sondheim led me to listening to Joni Mitchell.
