Jonny Diaz Quotes
From very early on, I've realized that and I have a mission statement with my songs to entertain, to encourage and to challenge the Body of Christ. That's always kind of the focus of the songs that I write for myself.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.
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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
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Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
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I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.
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Here's a bunch of people practising a new set of behavioural norms. Apparently it didn't work because a lot of them got sick. That's the conclusion. You don't necessarily know why it happened. But you start there.
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My family were pretty big hippies.
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I would like to think that I curse expertly - it's not something that I do without considering it. I never curse without intending to; it's not something I resort to because of inability to articulate or find the correct word.
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Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish. I love doing it, but it is never something that feels like it's going to change or save the world.
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Schools learned long ago that the way to keep children from thinking is to keep them busy.
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There's never going to be a new Beatles because we don't consume things in that way anymore.
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No choice is the wrong choice as long as you make a choice. The only wrong choice is choosing not to make one.
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I think Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens have very carefully plotted 'The Hobbit' out so that it does feel like the starting point for 'The Lord of the Rings.'
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We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.
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From very early on, I've realized that and I have a mission statement with my songs to entertain, to encourage and to challenge the Body of Christ. That's always kind of the focus of the songs that I write for myself.
