Jon Batiste Quotes
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
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Yoga in America is a joke.
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Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.
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There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I've gotten to do both of them.
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Some areas of technology really don't interest me at all, but I welcome anything that makes life easier instead of harder.
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On the road, you can't really develop a personal life.
