Jon Huntsman, Sr. Quotes
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I've since worked with lots of male directors that I love, so I no longer see the distinction gender-wise.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
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I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
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You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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I get a much more extreme reaction when I have my hair really short. I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter. It's a much more extreme reaction.
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Scientists have continued to tinker with different elements and have learned new ways to store and deliver energy.
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I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he'd lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us.
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We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part of the clean-up team. Just as the language of power and greed has the potential to destroy us, the language of reason and empathy has the power to save us. Writers can inspire a kinder, fairer, more beautiful world, or invite selfishness, stereotyping, and violence. Writers can unite people or divide them.
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Being raised in Idaho, you think everyone is poor. Then you see the wider world.
