Jesse Ball Quotes
I probably like being isolated more than many people do, but I'm lucky to have the friendship of many fine people, and they keep me from becoming very isolated. The world of my mind is certainly a populated and warm place, too. It's difficult for me to become too isolated with such resources.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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You can do your job and be yourself and be comfortable all at the same time!
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I'm kind of like a relic from another era.
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I often find myself unsatisfied with books 'about' Indians because they are written from the viewpoint of non-Indians.
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Hang (hang without fail, so the people see) no fewer than one hundred known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers.
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I'm not at the point of accepting it yet - but I will have to come to the point of accepting that people will doubt me forever.
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I probably like being isolated more than many people do, but I'm lucky to have the friendship of many fine people, and they keep me from becoming very isolated. The world of my mind is certainly a populated and warm place, too. It's difficult for me to become too isolated with such resources.
