Jay DeMarcus Quotes
I was at a Dolly Parton concert when I was about 9 years old. I saw her at the Ohio State Fair, and it was my first real concert that I'd been to. I saw that crowd and how they reacted and how great of a performer she was and the band. Just the energy of the whole thing collectively really captured me.
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Let's make sure that we don't close down 37 of the 42 clinics in Texas and leave women with nowhere to go and put them in a situation where their health will be at risk, because what we do know is that closing down the ability to access that service unfortunately does not take the need away or women's confronting that issue away.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
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I'm at a point where there isn't any wasted movement in the throwing motion. Everything is consistent and smooth. When I first got into the league, I held the ball really high. That was the standard in college, and it messed up my timing a little bit - the draw, bringing it back, then the release.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with the Constitution and laws of the Federal Government, as they are administered and as they affect the rights of the people.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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I was tested against the best.
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In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.
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I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!'
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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It's so important your customer can rely on you for your classics.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.
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I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.
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Arcade Fire has kept their indie cred. They will sell out stadiums yet still have underdog status. But when you're a band like Coldplay, people are waiting to knock you down.
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Letting go of the need for perfection releases a burst of energy - and guess what - you may accidentally do a good job.
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It is not healthy to be thinking all the time. Thinking is intended for acquiring knowledge or applying it. It is not essential living.
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I was at a Dolly Parton concert when I was about 9 years old. I saw her at the Ohio State Fair, and it was my first real concert that I'd been to. I saw that crowd and how they reacted and how great of a performer she was and the band. Just the energy of the whole thing collectively really captured me.
