Tobias Jesso, Jr. Quotes

I don't feel like I'm the type of performer who's going to knock your socks off. I'm trying to get over my nerves.

Tobias Jesso, Jr.

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FeelTryingSocksOverGoingGet

When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture.

Robert Morgan

TimeCulturePeopleStoryThinkYou

She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever.

Jeff Buckley

SoulMy SoulSheInsideForever

I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance.

Amy Chua

HistoryGreatWorldToleranceLook

I tend to write about towns because that's what I remember best. You can put a boundary on the number of characters you insert into a small town. I tend to create a lot of characters, so this is a sort of restraint on the character building I do for a novel.

Tom Drury

CharacterBestBuildingSmallYou

If you watch the 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour,' don't expect that when you come see me by myself, 'cause it's a little rougher.

Ron White

MyselfBlueMeComedyYouSee

You hand the baton on, and that's why roles like 'Medea' resonate for years and years, as each new actor comes to it.

Diana Rigg

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At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.

Chris Noth

LifeWorkSonTimeJobCreative

If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.

Aung San Suu Kyi

FreedomPeopleHelpYouUnderstand

I'm not trying to get in good graces of anybody. I just want to be myself and be the guy that helps out in the community, because that's who I am.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

GoodCommunityMyselfI AmTrying

I don't have any concerns fighting a teammate. It's a sport. To me, it doesn't really mean anything.

Alistair Overeem

MeFightingMeanTeammateAnything

This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics.

William Vickrey

EconomicsAbstractPaper

Everybody, every tradesman that worked for Shafin or built my house got fully paid, well paid. Everybody got paid. I would like that to be said if I could because I haven't said it before, and it's important. People kind of think we left all these plumbers or electricians without getting paid.

Shane Filan

PeopleThinkHouseSaidImportant

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