Anson Jones Quotes
Sometimes it is better to work out the map for yourself rather than have it given to you, in terms of learning.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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It's just so much more exciting to have no limits and to be able to take your character as far as you want or need to get where you want to go.
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Once you become a producer, you're really selling something. It is a control issue, because you don't really know how it's going to pan out, but the creative control makes it work it.
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I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It's not all about the cooking, but the fact that I can contribute by using my influence to help people all over the country. In the last two years, my partners and I have fed more than 10 million hungry people by bringing meat to food banks.
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Some loved me, some hated me - but they all followed me.
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The filming happens in my home, and I cook like I do at home, on my home stove with my house pots and so on. That's who I am. I am very true to my real profile.
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Sometimes it is better to work out the map for yourself rather than have it given to you, in terms of learning.
