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Jason Moran Quotes

Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners.

Jason Moran

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: January 21, 1975

Topics

Money Musicians Jazz My Own Own

It's always thrilling to encounter the sweep of time in a work of fiction in a way that feels authentic and real.

Michael Chabon

Work Time Way Real Always Fiction

Because I became a refugee in Macau during 1941, we had this war in Hong Kong, I fought for the government as an air raid warden for 15 days. Our government surrendered, Hong Kong Government surrendered, so I took a junk and came to Macau in 16 hours and I was a refugee, so that's why I was so much indebted to Macau.

Stanley Ho

Government War Why Hong Kong Air

As I've gotten older, I've come to realize how important it is to vary your workouts.

Summer Glau

Important Realize Come Older Your

I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out.

Steven Wright

Walking Down Street Out Some Had

I used to take formal notes in lines of blue, and underline the key words in red, and I realised I needed only the key words and the idea. Then to bring in connections, I drew arrows and put in images and codes. It was a picture outside my head of what was inside my head - 'mind map' is the language my brain spoke.

Tony Buzan

Words Red Blue Mind Brain Key

I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

Rita Ora

People Scared Most Failing

I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend. I wasn't ever sought after. I was a stocky, awkward kid who got laughed off the tennis court when I tried that.

Josh Brolin

School Hot Tennis Kid Awkward Off

The fact of the matter is that the most important responsibility a bar owner has is public safety and the safety of the people in it.

Jon Taffer

Responsibility People Safety Matter

The global embrace of the Chilean miners had as much to do with the state of the planet as it did the fate of the trapped men. Every year, thousands of miners are trapped and die. Hundreds more are rescued. The world's press has no shortage of global good-news stories. Heroes abound if reporters and editors take the time to search.

Jonathan Franklin

Time Men World Fate Search Year

I've never chosen or rejected a role because of money.

Dennis Christopher

Money Never Because Role Chosen

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

Donald Glover

Relationship People Believe Learn

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.

Chris Zylka

Work Character Me You Back Mentor