Jesse Andrews Quotes

My first drafts are always terrible, and I hate them, but the process for me is all about writing the bad version until it tells you what the good version is. And then you write that.

Jesse Andrews

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The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

John Lee Hooker

MeBluesPlayWillWaySomething

I still get scared every time I go out. I get scared taking off; I get scared on the wave, falling, everything. But, you know, growing up with it, I guess you're a little more comfortable.

John John Florence

TimeGrowing UpWaveYouGoKnow

When you're a child, no matter if you're doing show business or sports or school or anything, you just want to make the adults happy.

Anna Chlumsky

BusinessSportsSchoolHappyChild

Latin women are very comfortable with their bodies and their sexuality. We aren't afraid to show that off a little bit more.

Sofia Vergara

WomenComfortableMoreAfraidLittle

Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt.

Tony Randall

CleverAwardsStuntPublicitySell

I always want to try for what's been offered to me.

Mirai Nagasu

MeWantTryAlwaysBeenOffered

A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea.

Milan Kundera

Meant To BeMasterHammerToolMay

I love comedies, and I like sometimes comedies have a tendency to get a bit lazy. 'The Other Guys' was not lazy.

Louis Leterrier

LoveSometimesLazyGetLikeGuys

I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting.

Judy Greer

GoodTeacherSchoolMeThinkAdvice

When it comes to orchestral music, whenever I see a concert with orchestra and strings, and I arrive and there are speakers up, my heart always sinks a little bit, and I think, 'It's going to be down to some sound guy's ideas.' Contact microphones on the violins. I'm a purist, I suppose.

Jonny Greenwood

MusicHeartIdeasThinkDownSee

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

Denzel Washington

YearsRuleBeenUnemployedException

There are receptors to these molecules in your immune system, in your gut and in your heart. So when you say, 'I have a gut feeling' or 'my heart is sad' or 'I am bursting with joy,' you're not speaking metaphorically. You're speaking literally.

Deepak Chopra

HeartSadI AmJoyYouFeeling

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