Jay Kay Quotes
I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
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The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
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We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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Trying to meet new women, it's always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that's single and trying to rebuild that connection.
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Poets work upon and through each other.
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Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
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The day you stop clapping at a gig is the day your soul dies.
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What I really learned in the army was how to be a pacifist.
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I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?
