Jon Meacham Quotes

I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.

Jon Meacham

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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.

Frances McDormand
- Family
- Business
- American
In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

Park Chan-wook
- People
- Opinion
- Violence
I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.

Yami Gautam
- Want
- Song
- Find
When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.

Jack Canfield
- People
- Service
- Dreams
Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.

Ralph Gibson
- Long
- Art
- Me
A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

Sam Rayburn
- Down
- Build
- Carpenter