Johann Rupert Quotes
I just want to be master of my own time. It is ironic that someone in the watch business should not be in control of his time.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.
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. . . life is sometimes life and sometimes only a drama, and one must learn to distinguish t'other from which . . .
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Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.
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What life means to me is to put the content of Shelley into the form of Zola. The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of 'art for art's sake' than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art.
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I just want to be master of my own time. It is ironic that someone in the watch business should not be in control of his time.
