Cleve Jones Quotes
During those days when you're exhausted and during those days when you're frustrated, during those days when you're being attacked by your own people for doing what you think is right, remember you're part of a progression that goes back a long time of ordinary people who are doing their best to make it a better world.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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I started out in a professional choir at 13 years old. We traveled to different places, and I had a close relationship with the leaders of our choir. We were recording when I was 15, so it wasn't like I had to wait until 25 to find out certain things.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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Make-up is an extension of your clothes.
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
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Basically, my mother couldn't hold a tune and when I was a baby, a rather tactless baby, I would ask her not to sing... you can't get to sleep if someone is singing off key nearby.
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The neighbors hate me.
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When water power then steam power were harnessed to spin and weave cloth, a cottage craft turned into an industry overnight.
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Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.
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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
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During those days when you're exhausted and during those days when you're frustrated, during those days when you're being attacked by your own people for doing what you think is right, remember you're part of a progression that goes back a long time of ordinary people who are doing their best to make it a better world.
