Jon Huntsman, Sr. Quotes
As a senior in high school with no money working several jobs, I was sent to a wonderful school on the East Coast by a wonderful Jewish man. I've never forgotten that. I've sent over 5,000 young people to school around the world in memory of him because he was so gracious to me.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if I can do it.'
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.
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I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldn't be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to L.A. and continue to pursue the acting thing.
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I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
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I went to a Christian school, and as a kid, we weren't allowed to really watch anything violent, even 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'
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I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.
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Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
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I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.
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Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.
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My voice has always been kind of distinct - even when I was four years old, my mom told me that people would be like, 'Why does your daughter always sound like a chain smoker?' I've always had this deep, raspy voice.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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I want people to see what's inside my head rather than just looking at me.
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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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How beautiful are dreams! In dreams the dead may live, even the long dead and the very silent.
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I don't want to give a cool appraisal of Jeremy Irons. I just want to boil him in oil.
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As a senior in high school with no money working several jobs, I was sent to a wonderful school on the East Coast by a wonderful Jewish man. I've never forgotten that. I've sent over 5,000 young people to school around the world in memory of him because he was so gracious to me.
