Jason Mraz Quotes
I had to have a lot of jobs until I was supporting myself through music, but I knew that those jobs were all leading me to something. It was all, again, about taking things one step at a time, one day at a time.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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My father is an amazing person.
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick.
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I came out seven times in one weekend. I have a flair for the dramatic.
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I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.
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When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from.
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The main influence on a child's palate may no longer be a parent but a series of food manufacturers whose products - despite their illusion of infinite choice - deliver a monotonous flavour hit, quite unlike the more varied flavours of traditional cuisine.
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I'm looking very much forward to growing older. I want to be an exhausted older woman but with a very full life behind me and one still going.
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I had to have a lot of jobs until I was supporting myself through music, but I knew that those jobs were all leading me to something. It was all, again, about taking things one step at a time, one day at a time.
