Michael Patrick Jann Quotes
Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.
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Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.
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I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
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Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
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I give the degrees of things seen by the eye as the musician does of the sounds heard by the ear.
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Lo que sé lo soporto con lo que no sé.
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I was a drummer and I played the guitar.
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Gentlemen, start your egos.
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I think I need to be taken away, dropped in some territory with just a lot of loud guys.
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Think your own thoughts.
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It's time to review what damage the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has done to our political system.
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What I have noticed is that no two places in Calcutta are alike. I like the bylanes and the old places. This city has a lot of character.
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Sometimes we don't want to be lectured; we prefer to be taken on a journey.
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After 1945, shamefully, we Brits seemed dedicated to punishing the heroic Poles at every turn for their wartime loyalty.
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I think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort - I think it keeps you going.
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Without the errors which lie in the assumption of morality, man would have remained an animal.
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Not only do I know how to milk a cow, but I know how to herd a bunch of cows, too, which is a life skill that I think may come in handy someday.
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My stories are warnings; they're not predictions. If they were predictions, I wouldn't do them. Because then I'd be part of the doom-ridden psychology. But every time I name a problem, I try to give a solution.
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...I have this scar on my hand (points to shoulder). I see a lot of these guys who come with scars on their hands. It’s ridiculous. With me it was an accident. These kids do it on purpose. You can’t prove by doing such things that you are the biggest fan there is. I am myself thinking about getting a plastic surgery done to remove this. I also get a lot of people writing to me with their blood. I have stopped replying to those mails altogether.
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I never knew anybody . . . who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details.
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Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.
