Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes

Family dramas are tough, as a playwright. Most stories are about characters going on a trip or a new character coming to town, because that's how you learn information about them. But with family, they all know each other already. There's years of history in every interaction.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk to them, and in France I have a lot of readers in the sciences. I can't tell you why.

Jim Harrison

WomanMeYouWhyTalkOver

When you give your children certain life lessons, and they come and ask you for additional advice, you say to yourself, 'I've done my job,' and you'll continue to do your job.

Joe Morton

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Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

Jill Bennett

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When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

Mekhi Phifer

GoodMoneyThinkMaking MoneyYou

Somewhere along the line, positive thinking seems to have been confused with magical thinking. There's a notion that if you think positively enough, you can make anything happen by using the power of your mind. All the positive thinking in the world won't deliver good fortune or prevent tragedy from striking.

Amy Morin

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For our Spring 2015 collection, I was inspired by the spirit of the artist Francoise Gilot.

Tory Burch

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When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, 'What sign do I want to give to God?' That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

Russell M. Nelson

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Philiosophers like Hume and Descartes and Hobbes saw things similarly. They thought that mental images and ideas were actually the same thing. There are those today that dispute that, and lots of debates about how the mind works, but for me it's simple: Mental images, for most of us, are central in inventive and creative thinking.

Mary Lou Jepsen

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Enjoy every moment.

Milo Ventimiglia

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When I first started at HSN, I knew that retailers would have to be poised to take advantage of technology and the rapidly changing ways in which people shop. It was one of the things that drew me to the company.

Mindy Grossman

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The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure.

Douglas Wood

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I am as non-accepting of medical quackery and unscientific approaches as anybody else. I've grown up as a card-carrying scientist, and I know the power of science to answer questions, and for many questions I don't know of anything better than scientific approaches to answer them.

Dean Ornish

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