Jack Bowman Quotes
But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.
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I am very lucky to be surrounded and guided by an incredible support team comprised of my family and agents.
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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
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I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember.
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The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.
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When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game.
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While self-interest arising from the enjoyment of meat eating is obviously one reason for its entrenchment, and inertia another, a process of language usage engulfs discussions about meat by constructing the discourse in such a way that these issues need never be addressed. Language distances us from the reality of meat eating, thus reinforcing the symbolic meaning of meat eating, a symbolic meaning that is intrinsically patriarchal and male-oriented. Meat becomes a symbol for what is not seen but is always there--patriarchal control of animals and of language.
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If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.
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But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.
