John Battelle Quotes
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There is no such thing as a perfect mother.
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The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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I've just always been fascinated by what our belief can do, and what happens when we misuse that.
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I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes.
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Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
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I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into turn one, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.
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We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last to be able to do anything about it.
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But who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart? Certainly not those who expect from it only decorous sentiments and normal emotions.
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It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up.
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The sure sign of a weak man who ascends to glory is that he can't tolerate having strong men around him.
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Bread and beauty grow best together. Their harmonious integration can make farming not only a business but an art; the land not only a food-factory but an instrument for self-expression, on which each can play music to his own choosing.
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In 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' I play a schoolteacher who is older than I am in life - and I like that.
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Apparently it's acceptable for members of Congress to own stock in companies we regulate in Congress, but somehow, our plumbing company crosses some line.
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Let me tell you what changed my mind: it was when Donald Trump picked Mike Pence to be his running mate. I was convinced that Donald Trump knew exactly what he was doing, and he knew that was rounded out the ticket in many ways.
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Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.
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I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real.
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This book here, 'The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,' in it, I put together a case against George Bush that could result - it absolutely could result in his being prosecuted for first-degree murder in an American courtroom.
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We want it by ourselves and I think the greatest test of them all is to play Connecticut at our place, last game on the line and they've got a chance to share it. It's going to be crucial.
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You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness.
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I've learnt so much over time and with the experience that I've gained. You can't please everyone.
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The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail.
