Sam J. Jones Quotes
I feel I belong in the movie business and I belong in the security business. It's a natural for me.
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I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea.'
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that, or you can choose to reframe it.
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The notion of self-care for people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't seem like a radical thing.
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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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What a holler would ensue if people had to pay the minister as much to marry them as they have to pay a lawyer to get them a divorce.
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Sometimes, life just gets to me where I just get so frustrated to the point of tears. If my blood sugar drops too low, then I will get upset about anything. If too many things happen in a row, especially being on tour and getting ready to release all of these emotions into the world - I'm just an emotional person in general.
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U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
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The cult of celebrity in the '60s and '70s was really more reserved for movie stars or high socialites. Paparazzi didn't care about Janis Joplin.
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I feel I belong in the movie business and I belong in the security business. It's a natural for me.
