Jim Hodges Quotes
There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character. But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And physically too, actually.
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I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.
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I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I didn't feel particularly lucky.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
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Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed.
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I feel things in quite an intense way. I'm not actually the most intense person.
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I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to write better. It's a dance between you, your characters, and your editor.
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I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
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And we forget because we must and not because we will.
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As a child, I always wanted to be an actor. But as I grew older, the acting dream kind of faded away, and I took to studying a lot. A few years later, a relative of mine who really wanted me to try my hand at acting sent my photographs to a few production houses, and like they say, the rest is history.
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I want to help people to get to know my story and really tell them in detail what I've been through.
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I'm talking about technical goofs. I'm pretty much on top of it. The kind of picture you're referring to would have to be more about the effects of technical things, technical phenomena, and I'm just not interested in that kind of work at all.
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There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.
