John Acton Quotes
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My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Before I go to bed, I brush my teeth and take off all my makeup. I like to use Neutrogena's makeup remover wipes.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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Before I got married, I dated the gamut.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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I don't do the super-clean-living L.A. thing.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
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A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.
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I don't think people realize how much I love basketball. A lot of people think because of this idiotic comment I made that I love baseball and don't like basketball. Baseball came first because if you grew up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, that was the No. 1 thing. But if you have more than one kid, you love them both.
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The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of remarkable Christian forbearance among men-were it not for a mawkish humanitarianism, coupled with imperfect digestive powers, we should devour our young, as Nature intended.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty. Lee Strasberg is like that, my grandfather was like that. These are the kinds of men I've had close relationships with.
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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.
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The greatest men, you can quote for everything.
