Jonathan Evison Quotes
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
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I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun.
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The fallback position in politics is if you don't know what you want to be about, and if you don't know what your vision is, go at somebody else.
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For me, it's first about the characters. I look for a character who is intriguing and challenging and different from what I've done before.
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Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.
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Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.
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'Darkness' is a subjective word; it depends what your viewpoint is and how you live life.
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I torture my mother with all my problems, that poor woman.
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The work of art is always unfaithful to its creator... Art lays at a higher level; it says something more, and almost always, it says something different from what the artist wanted to say.
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I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love.
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An indigo snake leaves a lasting impression.
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That was when she recognized love: this torture on seeing someone, the greater torture when he was out of sight, in short, a torture without end.
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Ethel patted her hair and looked very sneery.
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Struggling toward impassioned choirs, Crying among the clouds, enraged By gold antagonists in air - I know my lazy, leaden twang Is like the reason in a storm; And yet it brings the storm to bear. I twang it out and leave it there.
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Crowley wanted to be a magician because he wanted power - power over other people.
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The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.
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I always wanted to write psychological thrillers.
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I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.
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Whatever success I've achieved has come from pretty much doing the opposite of what I've been told or expected to do.
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There are holes in our lives that can never be filled - not really, not ever.