Jeffrey Jones Quotes
Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
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Our culture is at its best when we protect and encourage the weakest. Every life - at every stage, in every place - has a dignity beyond our imagining.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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You don't have to be singing specifically about things that are going on in your life, but because of the nature of music, because it is this incredibly emotional phenomenon, everything that you are feeling or experiencing is relayed in the music you put out.
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I never resented anybody for being successful.
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Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood.
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You never know what a man-or a woman-has inside: how much grit, how much courage, how much willingness to change. When someone draws on those qualities, you're looking at a person of substance. And power. And promise. This world needs more of those.
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Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.
