Josh Bowman (Joshua Tobias Bowman) Quotes
Everyone wants to escape, everyone's drawn to escapism to leave their lives for an hour or two, and we're all so curious as human beings.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
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The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it.
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Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.
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I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives.
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I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.
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Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.
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Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.
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There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research screenings all over, in London and America and Australia, and the results were ridiculous, and the crowds were... they just loved the movie, so for me, my job is done.
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My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn't stay in, because he couldn't make enough money.
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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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Everyone wants to escape, everyone's drawn to escapism to leave their lives for an hour or two, and we're all so curious as human beings.
