John Abercrombie Quotes
The way I evolved was playing straight-ahead jazz into playing more fusion-type stuff just because I was young enough to get into it. As I get older, I find myself coming back to where I kind of started.
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I worked on 'Game Of Thrones' for six years, so I'm very well equipped to handle hype surrounding television shows.
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Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
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As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.
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I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends.
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I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee.
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I always felt like I'm a good one-on-one defensive player.
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When I did 'Grease,' I took good care of myself. I treated it like a job. I approached it very professionally because I wanted to make a good reputation and hopefully continue on in the Broadway community and continue to do shows.
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Any job is wonderful.
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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
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One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.
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I still tour like a man possessed, because I am.
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When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
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Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter. That maketh the leaf and the flower come out.
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I think I see myself differently than most people see me.
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Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.
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I thought actors were artists and that artists had to be European.
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The way I evolved was playing straight-ahead jazz into playing more fusion-type stuff just because I was young enough to get into it. As I get older, I find myself coming back to where I kind of started.
