Edward P. Jones Quotes

I don't believe that there is any particular book that influenced any 'career' I might have.

Edward P. Jones

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Second only to a viable approach to acting, the most important thing an actor can find is a creative family. To have a solid core group of people that you take that journey with together is invaluable.

Jim Parrack

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I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own.

Jeffrey Eugenides

WorkMeStartLiteratureYouWay

Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen.

Andy Lau

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Growing up, I was definitely surrounded by music all the time. My parents used to always play music; my dad used to have reggae on. I remember walking around with a cassette recorder, and I used to just record the songs I would hear on the radio so I could play it back when I feel like.

Stefflon Don

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I realize that nothing's as it seems.

Sting

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On the path to a low-carbon, clean-energy future, we need cleaner, non-intermittent sources of power that will allow us to keep the lights on when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining.

Tom Steyer

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We're playing strip billiards.

Roger Vadim

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The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq.

Mohammed Aldouri

SucceedAmericanWillNeverVietnam

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Don Fraser

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I still play the fiddle every day. I'm afraid if I don't, it won't know who I am.

Johnny Gimble

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The computer is a mechanism for acceleration: it accelerates economic activity, and this is eating up the world. It's eating up resources, it's processing, it's manufacturing, it's distributing, it's consuming. That's what the computer's real work does, and it does that 24/7, 365 days a year, non-stop, just to satisfy our own narrow needs.

Douglas Tompkins

WorkWorldEatingYearManufacturing

I'm not the most famous guy in the world; my work is spread out across different mediums, and I never write the same kind of story and rarely even do the same character from one year to the next.

Doug TenNapel

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