John Allison Quotes
Lissa Treiman is an artist who submitted a guest strip to me back in 2008 and whose work I've followed since. She works in animation. When I first mentioned on Twitter that I was interested in writing a series but not drawing it, she got in touch.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
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Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?
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I've had people following me home or standing outside my house. It's strange. I just don't think people were meant to be worshipped or idolised.
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A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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My father was a big influence - it was very important to him that we traveled, and he gave me my strong work ethic.
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Lissa Treiman is an artist who submitted a guest strip to me back in 2008 and whose work I've followed since. She works in animation. When I first mentioned on Twitter that I was interested in writing a series but not drawing it, she got in touch.
