Jed S. Rakoff Quotes
I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.
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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
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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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Broadway is really my life.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
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I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Our country has often stood like a solid rock in the face of common danger, and there is a deep underlying unity which runs like a golden thread through all our seeming diversity.
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A storytelling device teaches. I hate to say it that way, because kids tune out. I don't teach on purpose, but I'm glad that it happens sometimes.
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I want to reignite the interest in hydro-electric investments.
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Strangely, you know, my parents, who left Poland separately and, you know, divorced, ended up marrying other people. But then they met again abroad, and they got together again.
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The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.
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Their defense is tough. We know it's going to be stacked against us, but at least we have the opportunity and the chance.
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I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.
