Randy Jackson Quotes
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I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.
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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
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What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want.' I'm, like, 'Yes!
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I don't want to be held down by genres so much.
