Alphonso Jackson Quotes
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Growing up in the suburbs, I used to listen to punk rock, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday. And no one from my high school listened to it.
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We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.
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In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long.
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I love the French horn.
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Obviously I've had great experiences with people I've worked with on films - I've married half of them! I should come with a warning sign that says, 'Don't worry, I'm not going to try to marry you. I'm done.'
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Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err; yet better, we can never differ.
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As far as cutting jobs, you could cut whole agencies out of the federal government and not miss them.
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If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.
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Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk hand in hand with providence to immortality. Their works survive.
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...the role of determination is to limit the agonies of doubt and the perils of hesitation when the motives for action are inadequate.
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What do I need it for, millions of dollars? It just sounds like problems with the IRS to me.
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Having hibernation weekends where I just sleep for hours on end. Working out when you have those spare moments. All of that is very important.
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I'm fiercely protective of my children even though we are on TV.
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I'm trying to see what way I could lead so when the opportunity comes, it won't just hit me in the face.
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Once upon a time, gatekeepers were newspaper publishers and magazine editors and people who ran radio stations and news networks. And they decided what went above the fold and what went on page A10.
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Of course, formulas always existed in journalism. When I was just getting into the business, 'Time' and 'Newsweek' knew if they could put Jesus' face on the cover that it would do really well on the newsstands. So every year, they would put Jesus' face on the newsstand. There was a formula there.
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The good thing about Pro Tools is you can actually hear what you're working on, so it doesn't just become this intellectual idea. But Pro Tools can be dangerous, too. It can make things sterile.
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We always set out to just make a great movie.
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I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade.
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As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
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Since nothing appears to me to give Children so much becoming Confidence and Behavior, and so raise them to the conversation of those above their Age, as Dancing. I think they should be taught to dance as soon as they are capable of learning it.
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It wasn't really a big deal. I thought it was hilarious.
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I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development.
