John Barton Quotes
I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance.
Quotes to Explore
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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I still keep my accent.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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One of the things that I really like about young adult fiction is that you can explore the relationships between teens and their parents. I definitely think that teens are a product of their parents. You either end up just like them or you consciously make the decision to be unlike them.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration.
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When I grew up, I never – I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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I have never witnessed, nor will I live long enough to witness, a more simplistic crime than me stealing your identity.
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I spent most of my career in hi tech, not in politics.
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Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties.
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I just wondered how things were put together.
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I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance.
