Hugh Newell Jacobsen Quotes
It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.
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My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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I surrender to my directors. I do that because I respect them immensely. In fact, a director's talent scares me. I admit that they're more intelligent than me, and I submit to that, as an assistant director does. Even when I have suggestions to make, I don't state them strongly.
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I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.
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Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
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I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.
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I feel so lucky to have a mom who is not only an extraordinary actor but someone who is game enough to not worry about our relationship versus what we play in movies or television.
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Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.
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It must have been fascinating for Bono to have Johnny Cash do a cover of his song, and hear how he translates the words that he has used. And it would be fascinating to see a great director do his take on my work.
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I think about what I'm eating every day. I still have burgers and stuff that's not good for me sometimes, but I'm always trying to be careful. I don't just eat whatever I want.
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I loved all of the 'Zenon' movies. Those were my jam mostly because of the fashion. I loved something about the space buns and the weird neon colors. I couldn't just wear that in real life because people would look weirdly at me, but maybe at a party or something.
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Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?
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He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
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When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else.
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I'm beginning to get pigeonholed as the girl who plays the crazies and weirdoes - and that's not the entirety of who I am. Hopefully, the whole point of being in this profession is that you change into anyone you want to be.
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The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.
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It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.
