Jonathan Krohn Quotes

I'd like to do policy and I'd like to do philosophy, I'd like to be able to get into the depth, into the meat of the argument - that's the kind of stuff I want to do.

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• People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • People
  • Why
  • Diversity

• I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.

  

  Randy Harrison
  • Important
  • Me
  • Myself

• Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.

  

  Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
  • Work
  • Great
  • Experience

• It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory.

  

  Edgar Degas
  • Imagination
  • Better
  • Memory

• Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Job
  • Cricket
  • Committee

• Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that.

  

  Imogen Cunningham
  • People
  • Bad
  • Thought

• I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

  

  Maira Kalman
  • World
  • Live
  • Small

• But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Start
  • More
  • Rallying

• The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.

  

  Gabriel Lippmann
  • Operations
  • Quarter
  • Washing

• Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.

  

  Felix Frankfurter
  • Real
  • Question
  • Answers

• I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Want
  • Know
  • Just

• Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • God
  • Know
  • Sometimes

• I've just always been fascinated by what our belief can do, and what happens when we misuse that.

  

  M. K. Hobson
  • Always
  • Belief
  • Just

• Homosexuality is anti-humanity.

  

  Yahya Jammeh
  • Humanity
  • Homosexuality

• When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace and the extended family dissolved, someone else had to pick up the slack on the child-care front. Extracurricular activities fit the bill perfectly, promising not only supervision but also enrichment.

  

  Carl Honore
  • Up
  • Women
  • Family

• Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

  

  Tamora Pierce
  • Day
  • Dark
  • Everyday

• Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can't help but admire the liar.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Done
  • Help
  • Lies

• Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, but when you return, it's the same old place.

  

  Barry McGuire
  • May
  • You
  • Space

• You have to get out there and compete. You have to work hard. People aren't just going to come knocking on your door and say, 'Please let me invest $1 billion in your back yard.' You need to be able to go and match the pitch and close the deal.

  

  Katie McGinty
  • People
  • Work
  • Door

• I wonder what it felt to move to a country where you didn't grow up. I had thought about that often since my sister got married. Do you become a character in a story native to that land, or do you, somewhere in your heart, want to return to your homeland.

  

  Banana Yoshimoto
  • Up
  • Country
  • Heart

• [The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem. Publication is best seen as a happy accident.

  

  Dan Beachy-Quick
  • Writing
  • Happy
  • Wonderful

• My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.

  

  Ray Lewis
  • Growing
  • Understanding
  • Stuff

• I would happy for someone to download my music.

  

  Joanna Newsom
  • Music
  • Happy

• I'd like to do policy and I'd like to do philosophy, I'd like to be able to get into the depth, into the meat of the argument - that's the kind of stuff I want to do.

  

  Jonathan Krohn