Jon Beason Quotes
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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I studied Morse code.
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As a viewer, I'm personally less interested in the damaged, white, middle-class male figuring out his dreams and more interested in maybe an underdog figuring out how they're going to survive in a world that doesn't necessarily invite them in.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.
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The idea would be in my mind - and I know it sounds strange - is that the most important advances in medicine would be made not by new knowledge in molecular biology, because that's exceeding what we can even use. It'll be made by mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, figuring out a way to get all that information together.
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I remember the moment I first became aware of aging. I was 30. I looked down at my knees, and the skin above them had become a little loose. And I thought, 'And so it begins!'
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I'm one of those who believe the bumper sticker: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns.
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I had written my master's thesis on Ezra Pound on 'The Cantos.' And don't ask me about it. I don't remember anything about it.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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The customer is always right: 'It's my money. You have to listen to me'.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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I was 18 when I did 'The Amanda Show,' and I was 19 when I did 'MadTV,' and I was in way over my head. I was just sort of a goof who could do impressions of WB stars - speaking of the Dawson Van Der Beek era - and it was overwhelming. I don't think I've learned more faster in my life than when I worked on 'MadTV.'
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Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
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All cultures have had a belief in ghosts and a fear of ghosts. People have always told stories, and everybody likes being frightened, especially when you feel safe. Personally, I find them scarier than vampires or zombies.
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I don't make deals, I make pictures.
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I'm a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving.
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My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all through my life. Every elderly man has a bit of my father in him for me.
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To be the best, I had to work harder than everyone else.
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I'm growing up in Detroit, Michigan, both of my parents were gun owners, and that they taught us how to safely and carefully utilize them, because we had businesses, and they showed us out of a sense of protection. But that was something that was used to never use a gun unless you intend - never play with a gun unless you use it to intend - intend to use it. But it was for protection only.
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See the minutes, how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
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Anytime you do anything, you want to know who was the best at it.
