Jim Messina Quotes
I realized being together was a bigger thing than any of us alone. So that clinched it for me. That made me want to explore it further.
Quotes to Explore
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
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Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a drama or crisis is going to end. Acting is a great comfort blanket and has gotten me through countless personal crises. I am a firm believer that the show must go on.
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I remember trying to be funny, and both of my parents were terribly funny. My father was also very dignified, but my mother was an absolute ding-a-ling, a ripper.
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I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
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Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.
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London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.
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To me, there's no great chef without a great team.
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My parents are pretty open-minded.
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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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I laughed at Willie Nelson, wondering why he spends all his life on that tour bus. And I look at myself, and I'm sitting in airplanes half the time.
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I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in the moment. It represented freedom, it represented wearing wings and going somewhere with music.
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I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.
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I realized being together was a bigger thing than any of us alone. So that clinched it for me. That made me want to explore it further.
