Edward P. Jones Quotes

I've never been comfortable with the idea of using family and friends in stories. Which is why it takes me longer than something else. Because you make them up out of nothing. Doing that is harder.

Edward P. Jones

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I was quite badly behaved at school - I remember cutting class - and acting was a way of channelling energy.

Jim Sturgess

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I think I'm now screwed for life because my first relationship was the most bizarre relationship ever, and I'm not normal any more. I've kind of been spoiled, and I guess I am kind of screwed up now.

Mayte Garcia

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We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy.

John McCain

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I liked Rajamouli's 'Eega.' He is a great technician, and I would be happy to get a chance to work with him.

Sridevi

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Action, so to speak, is the genius of nature.

Robert Blair

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In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long since dead.

Robert Wyatt

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Doing a play is so fulfilling. Words cannot describe how I feel when I finish doing a play.

Rutina Wesley

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I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral. And, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco.

Rosie O'Donnell

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There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

Mike Figgis

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My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

Lisa Gardner

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I respect artists so much, and I absolutely love music as the ultimate art.

Christie Brinkley

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So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.

Anthony Edwards

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