John Roger Stephens (John Legend) Quotes
In America we have big issues with education - in impoverished communities especially. I work with Teach For All, and so we're encouraging more people to get into teaching.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the kinds of stories you love to read.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.
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Ah, we men and women are like ropes drawn tight with strain that pull us in different directions.
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The Tambors were conservative Jews, and we attended Temple Beth Shalom at 14th Avenue and Clement Street in San Francisco. We were the only Jewish family for miles. To me, being Jewish meant 'otherness.'
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The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform,' but this refers to improving access and insurance coverage and has little or nothing to do with innovation.
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To develop your own voice, you have to keep writing a ton, and this is something where I think Twitter is helpful. I use it to write a ton of jokes. You have to write a ton of bad stuff before you know what you're good at. And that's what some people I think have trouble with, the thought of getting past the bad stuff.
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In America we have big issues with education - in impoverished communities especially. I work with Teach For All, and so we're encouraging more people to get into teaching.
