Jesse Andrews Quotes
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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I'm a '90s baby.
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When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
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The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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There are Katy-Perry-in-concert-type pieces that I look at and am like, 'This dress has a hundred cupcakes on it – I want it!' My mom will always talk me down.
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What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals. The sensationalism has taken over the professionalism.
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The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice.
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I took a cabbie to taxi court once. Years ago, this guy didn't want to take me to Brooklyn. Just refused. I explained that I would absolutely take him to Taxi Court because, see, I'm an actor and have pretty much nothing but free time.
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Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.
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I like Disney stuff. No-one looks at 'Toy Story' and says,' Oh, that's just for kids.' Why is it that games can only appeal to a certain audience, but movies and books - I mean, how many adults read 'Harry Potter?'
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I'm going to be in technology for a long time.
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I never took creative writing.
