Not My Sentiments...Exactly.

“The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people they think it’s their fault”. Henry Kissinger

“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse”. Jawaharlal Nehru

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don’t need it”. Bob Hope

“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant”. Charles DeGaulle

“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for”. Dag Hammerskjold

“The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you”. Nancy Astor

“The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting”. Fran Lebowitz

“Three o’ clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do”. Jean Paul Sartre

“The meek shall inherit the earth but not it’s mineral rights”. John Paul Getty

“I hate being late. Those who are late are punished”. Mahatma Gandhi

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. Eleanor Roosevelt

“Impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last we make irrevocable decisions”. Marcel Proust

“You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea”. Myrlie Evers

“To be Black in America is to be in a constant state of rage”. James Baldwin

“I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating and in fourteen days I lost two weeks”. Joe E Lewis

News is what somebody somewhere doesn’t want you to know. The rest is advertising”. Unknown

“That’s not a lie. It’s a terminological inexactitude”. Alexander Haig

”Don’t believe everything you think” bumper sticker

Vanity Fair Questionnaire 2011: Jason Duvalle Jones

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Privacy.

What is your greatest fear?
Boredom.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Jonah.

Which living person do you most admire?
Many.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Drama.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Myopia.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Music.

What is your favorite journey?
Home.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Chastity.

On what occasion do you lie?
Occasionally.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Teeth.

Which living person do you most despise?
Few.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
"Perfect" or "That's funny...".

What is your greatest regret?
Herschel C. Walker.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Patricia A. Jones.

When and where were you happiest?
Here, now.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Piano.

What is your current state of mind?
Different.

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
Tact.

If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
Frequency.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Dance.
If you were to come back as a person or thing what do you think it would be?
Thing.

If you could choose what to come back as what would it be?
Person.

What is you most treasured possession?
Health.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Addiction.

Where would you like to live?
Corfu.

What is your favorite occupation?
Sex.

What is your most marked characteristic?
Eyebrows.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Grace.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Poise.

What do you most value in your friends?
Discretion.

Who are your favorite writers?
Lao Tzu, Augusten Burroughs, Fran Lebowitz, Martin Amis..

Who is you favorite hero of fiction?
Clark Kent.

Who are your heroes in real life?
Kids.

What are your favorite names?
Chase, Celeste, Pilar, Marina, Tip,
What is it that you most dislike?
Pettiness.
How would you like to die?
Later.
What is your motto?
'Wait for the wiggle'.