Jesse Kellerman Quotes

Naturally, it was easier for me to envision becoming a novelist than it is for most people. I had two great in-house teachers; I had parents who considered a career in the arts a real possibility rather than a dreamy arrow shot into the sky.

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• 'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.

  

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• You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.

  

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• I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.

  

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• I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'

  

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• As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.

  

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• Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

  

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• I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.

  

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• Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.

  

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• Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.

  

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• God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.

  

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• I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

  

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• I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.

  

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• I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.

  

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• Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

  

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• I'm an emotional person.

  

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• It feels like a simple human right to be able to be yourself, and yet, what trans people have to go through in order to get to there, it can be so complicated.

  

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• I had an invitation to contribute a track to a Robert Johnson tribute album, and it was the first time I'd done anything like that in my life. I was not brought up with the blues or anything like that, and I really, really enjoyed it.

  

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• I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.

  

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• When the first American steps on the red dust of Mars, it's going to be because of computer scientists.

  

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• Mr. Speaker, the goal of stem cell research should be to help our fellow human beings. The debate on this issue has, unfortunately, moved into dangerous unethical territory when perfectly moral alternatives exist.

  

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• Naturally, it was easier for me to envision becoming a novelist than it is for most people. I had two great in-house teachers; I had parents who considered a career in the arts a real possibility rather than a dreamy arrow shot into the sky.

  

  Jesse Kellerman
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