Van Jones Quotes
I want to be remembered as one of the great innovators among social justice advocates of the 21st Century.Van Jones
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
Jack Irons Pearl Jam -
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
Laura Mvula -
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
Yehuda Amichai -
I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
L. E. Modesitt -
I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
Sam Neill -
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
Quintilian
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
Carla Gugino -
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White -
There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.
Rachel Cusk -
I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
Adam McKay -
I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
OMI -
I was raised doing martial arts.
Victor Webster
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I'm tall, fat, rather bald, red-faced, double-chinned, black-haired, have a deep voice, and wear glasses for reading.
C. S. Lewis -
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
Idi Amin -
'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.
Ian Mckellen -
I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.
Pat Metheny -
Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
Kate Bernheimer
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Many times, I was told what to lead with on MSNBC. Many times, I was told what I was not going to do.
Ed Schultz -
At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested that Lune might come to love someone else eventually. Which was me pushing back against the narrative trope that people only get one True Love in their entire lives - an idea I think is kind of pernicious - but in retrospect, I wish I hadn't done it there.
Marie Brennan -
I think what hurt me all along was the label of 'war-time pitcher.' I've always resented that.
Hal Newhouser -
In my own life if I knew I was going to pass away I'd love to sit down and resolve every issue so I could go peacefully.
John Travolta -
What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.
Philip Glass -
I want to be remembered as one of the great innovators among social justice advocates of the 21st Century.
Van Jones