Jayson Blair Quotes
I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
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Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
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So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.
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China may censor YouTube. China may censor Twitter. They won't be able to censor Bitcoin. There's no central authority. There's no one you can go to and say, 'We're going to turn Bitcoin off.'
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I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
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Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
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You were born as the one you are.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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Most of the bad things that have happened to me happened in Denver.
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Be Careful Of Books. Be Careful With Books. Be Careful Or One Can Become A Weapon-Wielder. Be Careful Or One Can Become The Victim.
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Your pupillary muscles relax when your body gives up.
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About Grade 9 and Grade 10, I had a fantastic drama teacher, and it was one of the first subjects I actually felt that I was good at. I wasn't a mathematician. Didn't like science, any of those subjects. English and Drama were the two subjects that I loved and felt that I was good at.
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My favorite kick is the roundhouse. I'm very capable of kicking a tall person in the head with a roundhouse.
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I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'
