Jon English Quotes
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song, it's verse-chorus-verse.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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Women leading means that Congress is working to create jobs, make quality child care more affordable and strengthen the middle class because we understand that America grows the economy and opportunity from the middle out, not the top down.
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I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.
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The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.
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I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.
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For me, it's all about the Canadian tuxedo, and maybe a bolero. The province I grew up in in Alberta is pretty much the denim capital of Canada. The first premier of Alberta started Grand Western Garment, which Levi's bought later on.
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The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.
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There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day working on their craft. You need to train and need to take classes to keep your tools sharp. I'm always in class, whether it's theater or drama workshops.
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At 23 it was all about acting. Today it's getting my kids to school, making sure that they've done their homework. I'm in my fifties, and I'm turning into a square.
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You can't fight the fact that Detroit is a de-industrializing market and it isn't facing dramatic, positive transformation.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.
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In my own life if I knew I was going to pass away I'd love to sit down and resolve every issue so I could go peacefully.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?
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I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.
