Jonathan Tucker Quotes
I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.
Quotes to Explore
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
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At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root.
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Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.
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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
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Knowledge born of the finest discrimination takes us to the farthest shore. It is intuitive, omniscient, and beyond all divisions of time and space.
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If you've ever talked to a special agent that you know well, and you ask he or she about a dangerous encounter they were involved in, they'll almost always give you the same answer: 'Yeah, I did it, but I was scared to heck the whole time.'
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People talk very much about, 'What can we do with the orchestra in the 21st century?' We should think about the 21st century, of course.
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For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.
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We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.
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As a child, I loved being onstage. I loved singing, I loved the lights, I loved the adrenaline. I even loved learning lines. I was completely obsessive.
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I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.
