Jonathan Evison Quotes
There're so many great writers out there who aren't getting the exposure they deserve.
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I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
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J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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Maharaj-ji, in my first darshan, my first meeting with him, showed me his powers. At that point I was impressed with the power. But subsequently, I realized that it was really his love that pulled me in. His love is unconditional love.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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People, who accused me of practising a monopoly were wrong. The media fuelled rumours about my 'monopoly.' The first question I was always asked during interviews was about my supposed monopoly.
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It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.
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I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
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I always had this New York fantasy of living in a glass high-rise.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.
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There're so many great writers out there who aren't getting the exposure they deserve.
