John Barton Quotes
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
Quotes to Explore
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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I've had about 140 albums released, and I've done everything I wanted to do.
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is not only from the same race as the base color, but who definitely possesses a distinct character and personal soul.
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I believe that restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners will not prevent a deranged individual or criminal from obtaining and misusing firearms to commit violence.
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Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.
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Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.
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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
