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But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.


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JASON BATEMAN The scientist and engineers who are building the future need the poets to make sense of it.
JASON SILVA We're simple-minded, the team at Hulu, which is, we think if we can obsess over quality and buil...
JASON KILAR I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people maki...
JASON KATIMS Fake relationships and fake people coming up to me and all of a sudden wanting to be my friend.
JASON RITTER I never get tired of smiling. I'm just the kind of guy who likes to smile.
JASON RITTER Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong.
JASON DAY There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unex...
JASON SILVA We think of computers as smart and powerful machines. But your goldfish is smarter.
JASON FRIED Meetings should be like salt - a spice sprinkled carefully to enhance a dish, not poured recklessly ...
JASON FRIED A lot of people relate leadership to formalities. They believe that leadership is about being profes...
JASON FRIED I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.
JASON STATHAM As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about.
JASON ISBELL If someone's got a fear of heights, they'd probably say, well, hanging off a helicopter at 3...
JASON STATHAM For me, it's always a failure of the imagination. I have that anxiety that time is passing, that...
JASON SILVA I eat a lot. I'm a big sandwich dude. Turkey, mayonnaise, mustard, cheese, yes. I love craft ser...
JASON MITCHELL I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.
JASON STATHAM Whatever you do, do it to the extreme.
JASON STATHAM Take a martial art or a sport, something that gives you a skill, engages the body, and allows you th...
JASON STATHAM I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive.
JASON STATHAM The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.
JASON STATHAM The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercis...
JASON STATHAM I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach.
JASON STATHAM All of the stunt men - these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credi...
JASON STATHAM I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.
JASON STATHAM I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.
JASON STATHAM I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's need...
JASON STATHAM Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone&...
JASON STATHAM I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead.
JASON STATHAM You should never assume about someone.
JASON STATHAM I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me.
JASON STATHAM The insurance of working with a big, already successful franchise just gives you the chance to do ot...
JASON STATHAM Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never ma...
JASON STATHAM The most frustrating thing about injuries is that they take so bloody long to heal.
JASON STATHAM I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.
JASON STATHAM Revenge is a caustic thing. I say, Breathe in, breathe deeply, let it go.
JASON STATHAM How long you can continue to be good at something is how much you believe in yourself and how much h...
JASON STATHAM If you're going to do something, do it with style!
JASON STATHAM I love getting dressed up in a suit because I don't do it all the time.
JASON STATHAM Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrit...
JASON STATHAM Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the 'adjacent possible.' We didn't stay ...
JASON SILVA It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does...
JASON FRIED I feel like sometimes people on television shows can start taking things for granted, or they don...
JASON RITTER The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something ...
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