John Barton Quotes
You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.
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There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
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Sometimes you shoot for 40 or 50 hours for a one-hour show, and you have to make some very hard choices.
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At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.
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There's precious little to say between day and dark, Perhaps a few words on the implacable will Of time sailing like a magic barque Or something as fine for the amenities...
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there's time for laughing and there's time for crying— for hoping for despair for peace for longing —a time for growing and a time for dying: a night for silence and a day for singing but more than all(as all your more than eyes tell me)there is a time for timelessness
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You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.
