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JON FAVREAU One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wante... JON MEACHAM What's fun about chefs is that they're big guys, often, and they might not look like the mos... JON FAVREAU War is big business. It's a lot of money going to and fro, and unfortunately a lot of angst, and... JON ANDERSON Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on s... JON BATISTE You show people playing poker or hacking into a computer; it feels so significant in the script, and... JON FAVREAU People can relate more to being honest about your problems, your insecurities, and the things that y... JON BELLION I've got a great life. I'm in love, I have a happy, wonderful, beautiful time with my marria... JON ANDERSON Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own ... JON LANDAU People think bigger movies are bad, and that's just not true - there's bad big films, and th... JON FAVREAU God’s will for you is to make you more like Jesus. Christlikeness is your target, your goal, your ... JON MORRISON If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable? JON MCGREGOR At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a wo... JON KRAKAUER It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to... JON KRAKAUER The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change ev... JON KRAKAUER