Justin Jesso Quotes
The biggest obstacle was getting people to take me seriously as an artist. I would write songs and I’d send them to A&R’s as pitches for other artists—this actually happened three different times.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
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Practice puts brains in your muscles.
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I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
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The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
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Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.
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For a while, even in the house of good friends for dinner or for cocktails, they would really be upset. They thought I had single-handedly destroyed the best phone service in the world.
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I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.
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Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how.
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I tend to worry about the minutiae of life. But living in the mountains of Idaho and having retreated from fame, I am more in tune with life.
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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Be happy in your own skin.
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We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.
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Good Lord - if I couldn't multitask, I don't know what I'd do.
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If I am in Sweden, I try to get home to be with my children. I can do work after that from home.
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Technology and tools are useful and powerful when they are your servant and not your master.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
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The biggest obstacle was getting people to take me seriously as an artist. I would write songs and I’d send them to A&R’s as pitches for other artists—this actually happened three different times.
