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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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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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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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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I'm sick of the treadmill.
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Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
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Most people get overwhelmed by the insignificant decisions of their lives. I'm urging people to minimize the time spent on these when they're not critical to their most important goals.
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I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug... I never looked into playing it professionally.
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I was a terrible waiter.
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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.
