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 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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I look forward to an honest debate with Governor Palin on the issues, in the unlikely event that she ever learns anything about them.
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If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen next.
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I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.
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Everybody deserves an opportunity to fulfill their dreams.
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I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age seven, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. And I was hooked. When my eighth grade art teacher, Mr. Smedley, told me he thought I had actual art talent, I decided to devote all my efforts in that direction in the hope that I might someday get into the comics biz. I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.
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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.
