Jay Ryan Quotes
I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it, and when you find it, then you allow it to magnify and grow and be the dominating chemistry inside of you.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
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I don't know whether I'll reach 40. I don't know whether I'll reach 35. I can't be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn't think I'd make 30.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.
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I felt more comfortable playing other people than being myself, when I was a kid. And then, the tables turned. Through my performances, I've become more comfortable with who I am, and then I just bring more of myself into the people that I play.
