Joe Morton Quotes
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
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Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
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You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.
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When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.
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There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
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If reality shows are so popular, that means their viewers are screaming for more realness.
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I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.
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What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.
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I don't think people understand the power of social media or our phones.
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I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up.
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Tanpinar presciently feared that to embrace the western conception of progress was to be mentally enslaved by a whole new epistemology, one that compartmentalised knowledge and concealed an instrumental view of human beings as no more than things to be manipulated.
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Everybody understands that you're supposed to say 'our employees are our most valuable asset' to the point where, even if it's really true, they're not going to really trust you until you've earned that - same with customers.
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What else does anyone have except for a collection of slightly painful memories?
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One of the things that voters have said about Donald Trump, since he has no government experience, is that he will be able to surround himself with good advisers.
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I'm a huge fan of the horror genre and the supernatural elements.
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The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.
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“Complexity yields resilience.”
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Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.
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I think many villains have the burden of not being very human.
