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All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credi... JON TENNEY I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon ... JON TENNEY Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and ... JON TENNEY You always want to know you have somebody at the helm who knows what they're doing. JON TENNEY Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long. JON TENNEY I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of ... JAMES TENNEY Ironically, it was the father's blessing that actually "financed" the prodigal son's trip away from ... TOMMY TENNEY Worship and spiritual hunger make you so attractive to God that your circumstances cease to matter a... TOMMY TENNEY All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense. JAMES TENNEY None of these worlds was incompatible. All of these people were around, and if you were at all inter... JAMES TENNEY I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certai... JAMES TENNEY People would use each other in their works. The barriers were breaking down; everyone brought in spe... JAMES TENNEY I have to keep reminding my students, asking them, "What is your experience of listening to this? Do... JAMES TENNEY JON MEACHAM No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even l... JON CORZINE If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you. JON HUERTAS JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART JON STEWART Ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential,' I saw a little light bulb go off. Being a chef is ... JON FAVREAU I've been fascinated by the world ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential' by Anthony Bo... JON FAVREAU JON PARDI I was 22 and had worked on Wall Street for a year, and quit my job. I bought a motorcycle and sort o... JON FAVREAU I'm not going chic, I swear. The geek endures. But, I mean, a snazzy cool suit looks good. JON HEDER One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each sol... JON KYL JON PARDI JON MEACHAM I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. JON LANDAU Movies like 'Chef' are not really box-office monsters in the summertime and don't really... 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