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 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 want my tattoos to be a story of my life.
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God Himself heals the proud. This means that inner sorrows (by which pride is healed) are sent to us by God, for the proud man will not suffer anything from others. But the humble person will endure everything, and will always say, 'I deserve this.'
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Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.
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I want to work for myself, and I do work for myself. I make plenty of money working for myself.
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I've learned... That money doesn't buy class.
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We know our end A packet of worm-seed, a garden of spent tissues.
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The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail.
