Jonathan Evison Quotes
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'
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In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.
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Most people don't really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles .I think anyone who makes a film goes through their own set of struggles.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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Whether in my book or not, every man is tabernacled in every other and he in exchange and so on in an endless complexity of being and witness to the uttermost edge of the world.
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At the end of the day, what would be a Canadian sensibility? Is it Michael Ondaatje? Alice Munro? Is Margaret Atwood more Canadian than Neil Bissoondath?
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When I was younger, there were moments where I said, 'I'm not going to have children.' And then moments when I wanted four. And now I definitely want another, but I don't know when.
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Some collaborators might join forces in certain cities or special concerts. I'm excited to share the stage with some prestigious people that I love and respect.
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I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.
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Maybe a theme that touches all of my work is people reinventing themselves.
