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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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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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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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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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 don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.
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People say, 'He doesn't want to be a spokesperson for the gay community.' I do, of course I do, but I want to be a spokesperson for everyone. Ya know, straight people, gay people, bisexual. I don't want it to be limited.
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I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.
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I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.
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I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.
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The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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Growing up, I absolutely loved skateboarding and dirt bike riding with my brother and the neighborhood kids.
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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.
