Jack Irons Quotes
We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
Quotes to Explore
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.
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I respect the Premier League.
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I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.
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I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good.
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African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.
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The government sends low-flying helicopters to chase the horses into corrals and then takes them from the plains of the American West to federal holding pens. The government claims it's to save the horses from starvation. Critics claim the real motive is to clear the land for cattle grazing. Critics also say the horses are brutally traumatized.
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I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
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I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up.
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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
