John Benjamin Hickey Quotes
I was not paying attention during physics in high school; I was wondering if I was going to be cast in 'Pippin.'
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business, and I still have stuff to do at their house.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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You never get every job you want.
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So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about death I have a lot of hope because I believe in Jesus and life after death, and John 3:16.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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I just don't drink alcohol. I never have; I never will.
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I don't understand this concept of women-oriented films or stories based on women, because nobody uses the term, a 'man-oriented' film. Why do you have to separate girls from boys?
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I'm really not good with money, and I don't pay attention.
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I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter. I stole, by finding, Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury.' These two books, and the 'Everyman' edition of John Keats, were my proudest and dearest possessions, my greatest wealth.
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Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.
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I was not paying attention during physics in high school; I was wondering if I was going to be cast in 'Pippin.'
