Jay Kristoff Quotes
With a far-future setting merging Chinese and American culture, 'Firefly' also saw high-tech futurism blended with the traditional Wild West.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't quite say it's easy, but it's fun for me and I love to do it.
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In some communities, I show up, and they say, 'Well, we haven't seen our Democrat congressman in 10 years.'
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual.
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I've always been fascinated by the Mississippi River and the way of life in these small river towns.
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It's easy to get four days a week of training in and I don't spend more than 55-60 minutes in the gym.
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I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.
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You are not my high school crush, idiot.” “Great. I can die happy, then.
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With a far-future setting merging Chinese and American culture, 'Firefly' also saw high-tech futurism blended with the traditional Wild West.
