Jesse McCartney Quotes
My mother was not the cook in the family. My dad was. I'd watch him behind the grill, and I said, 'If I ever make it and have enough money, I'm going to make sure I dine in the best restaurants.'
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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To be is to do.
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They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No.
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I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.
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My 20s were spent in a room, alone, mixing paints and figuring it all out.
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Bin Laden was intelligent, well-informed, and low key. The people around him treated him with great deference, calling him 'sheikh,' a term of respect.
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The healthiest companies are always characterized by organic talent development.
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I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.
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My mother was not the cook in the family. My dad was. I'd watch him behind the grill, and I said, 'If I ever make it and have enough money, I'm going to make sure I dine in the best restaurants.'
