Jack O'Brien Quotes
It just so happens that my oldest and best friend is Bob James, the Grammy-winning great jazz pianist!
Quotes to Explore
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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There have been weeks when I've not been hydrating properly or not eating properly or training too hard. When I do that, I don't feel good. It has to be the exact formula.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.
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Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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A philosophy can only be a route to knowledge. It cannot be knowledge crammed down one's throat. If one has a route, he can then find what is true for him. And that is Scientology.
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There's a dilemma over how to balance concrete economic interests with critical opinions on the state of human rights. It's the human rights that suffer, and that's a great price to pay.
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But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
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My wife even thinks our next album should be recorded in our house, and we should move all the furniture out to the garage. I'm not sure how many spouses would be supportive of that, much less come up with the idea.
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It just so happens that my oldest and best friend is Bob James, the Grammy-winning great jazz pianist!
