John Barton Quotes
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy.
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If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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The public library my parents took me to in Fort Worth had the children's section next to the SF/F section, so I was reading adult SF/F at a very young age.
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Always do what you're afraid to do.
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There's charm, in some capacity, to every trend. I just think practicality should die. Crocs - blech.
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I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working.
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The expansion of tobacco cessation centers is an important part of our historic and continuing effort to help smokers quit. The expansion of these centers will give even more New Yorkers the help they need to quit once and for all.
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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.
