Van Jones Quotes

If you look at my career over the past twenty years, I've always been trying to look around corners for low-income communities of color.

Van Jones

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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.

Frances Fisher
- Doing
- Start
- Television
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

Eddie Izzard
- People
- Character
- Comedy
I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.

Inbee Park
- Golf
- Calm
- Better Person
To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.

Queen Latifah
- Fun
- Gay
- Pride
When I started out, there was so much work that I couldn't think of doing anything else. I would go for recordings by 8.30 A.M., that, too, in trains. I used to come home at night. I was travelling alone everywhere.

Lata Mangeshkar
- Work
- Home
- Night
The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

Damien Rice
- Good
- Work
- Running