Jason Robert Brown Quotes
I never wanted to write 'Mamma Mia!' or 'The Book of Mormon' - they're not my thing, I don't care about them. What I do is very different.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
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I would love to have some sort of 'Back To The Future' Delorean time machine travel device so I could go back to 1981 to see that very first Jackson 5 concert I went to, back when I was a kid.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
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I think Hugh Laurie is awesome. You just want to loathe that guy in 'House' because he is not a friendly person, but somehow or another, he is profoundly charming.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
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I always have to have my lipstick. Sometimes I have more than one shade: start with one color for the morning, one for night. Sometimes I have a couple shades just in case I need something more powerful for the day.
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I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
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I don't have a cell phone because I know how horrible it is. Using your cell phone is like putting your head in a microwave every day.
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Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.
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Racism should be viewed as an intervening variable. You give me a set of conditions and I can produce racism in any society. You give me a different set of conditions and I can reduce racism. You give me a situation where there are a sufficient number of social resources so people don't have to compete for those resources, and I will show you a society where racism is held in check.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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We were very young in Duran, and to get pushed in a corner can be very difficult to get out of.
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I never wanted to write 'Mamma Mia!' or 'The Book of Mormon' - they're not my thing, I don't care about them. What I do is very different.
