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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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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I can't seem to write young enough anymore.
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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Hell is the inability to love.
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I'm surely not the only one to notice we employ metaphors to make sense of the news. I always like to take note of who hides their origins and who shows them off.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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Everything in food works together to create health or disease. The more we think that a single chemical characterizes a whole food, the more we stray into idiocy.
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Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.
