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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It's useful for activists just to be out there to keep you mindful and not get complacent, even if ultimately you think some of their criticism is misguided.
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The competition there has been really close and really good. Between all those guys, we have a lot of confidence in whoever is out there. Who plays the best and makes the best plays will get the most time.
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I have never spoken to Eminem. I've never even spoken to him once.
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I didn't actually grow up in London.
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What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.
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The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail.