Jonathan Taylor Thomas Quotes
To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.
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We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.
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Mr. Obama is particularly well positioned to challenge Hollywood because of his special relationship with the media world's elites. They might be more likely to heed criticism coming from Mr. Obama than from any other president or member of Congress.
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I start my day with granola, fresh fruit, and skim milk and end it with something healthy that also comes from my own kitchen.
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I know I have a hit show on my hands.
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An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.
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At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.
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The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if one really means to conquer.
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'Why do we stop for the greystones?''Tradition, my boy,' he said grandly, throwing his arms wide. 'And superstition. They are one and the same, anyway.'
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The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.
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It doesn't matter where it is in the world or who I'm making the movie with; that's the closest thing that I've got to a sense of placement.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the very top and keep everybody else down. ... Hard work, that's a value. Looking out for one another, that's a value. The idea that we're all in it together and [that] I'm my brother's keeper and [my] sister's keeper, that's a value.
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In 2009, I edited, under the aegis of the Library of America, an anthology called 'Becoming Americans: Immigrants Tell Their Stories from Jamestown to Today.' It featured immigrants from different backgrounds, from black slaves like Phillis Wheatley to Yiddish-language speakers like Henry Roth.
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To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.
