Jesse L. Martin Quotes
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Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
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Our approach to banking is very different from the traditional banks or even some of the new banks. We do not necessarily go out and write single-cheque, large-ticket loans.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I did anything that would get me on the air.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.
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Hillary stood with us, as she has stood with so many over the years, and we are proud to stand with her for our country now.
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I don't think limits.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
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I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
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If you say John Smith is the greatest wrestler in Oklahoma history, now that's big.
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Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
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I was always running off to the city, whether it was Philly or New York, going somewhere where there was something more for me.
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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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If we investigate the vague feelings of the average man towards the arts, we find that he is timid and that he has developed a humble belief that art is something which has been invented centuries ago in countries like Greece or Italy and that all we can do about it is study it carefully and apply it.
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Where I teach students in drama school, there's a course called Dramatics. In this course, all students must put on a play. However, acting majors are not supposed to act. They can write the play, for example, and the writers may work on stage art. Likewise, stage art majors may become actors, and in this way you put on a show.
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The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts of ordinary men. Science is as old as the race, but the effective organization of science is new. Ancient science, like placer mining, was a pursuit of solitary prospectors. Nuggets of truth were found, but the total wealth of knowledge increased slowly. Modern man began to transform this world when he began to mine the hidden veins of knowledge systematically.
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I've had a ton of fast-food jobs - it changes your approach to human interaction forever.
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What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that their victims are real people who will suffer forever whatever abuses are perpetrated on them.
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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I want 'Rent' to last forever.
