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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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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Trump is a really complicated story and a difficult candidate to write about.
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One thing that is likely to make you lose touch is if you keep in touch with the past too much.
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I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new culture. What happens is that helps you to grow and be your best self.
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I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.
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Anytime you do anything, you want to know who was the best at it.
