Jon Huntsman, Jr. Quotes
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
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At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.
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I like 'Ab Fab;' I love the crazy stuff they wear. That's my favourite! I love 'Ab Fab.'
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I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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I think in any profession, in general, you always imagine yourself at the top of it. And I'm not trying to say I'm at the top of my profession, but I've seen what the top people do and what the top people live like. And that's definitely something I want to be a part of.
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In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.
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I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
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I've been a fan of bass fishing for as long as I can remember.
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I started writing when I started acting professionally because, with acting, there's so much time when you're not working, and there's so much rejection and so little you have control of. Writing is something that you can do, and no one can tell you not to.
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I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
