John Berger Quotes
Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something.
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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With my parents, when I was younger, I always had to do two things. If I was acting, I always had to do a sport or something on the arts side of things along with that. That way, if one fell apart, I always had something else to fall back on.
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It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
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I really don't have a type. I never had a type. If I could put them all together, it's, like, the most different grouping. So I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality.
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Caregivers attract caregivers and live in a community of love. They are energized by their caring, fulfilled, and they love life. Caretakers attract caretakers and live in the company of resentful victims who see themselves as misused and are fatigued from constant giving with no return.
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All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from local sources. Every school should include food-growing in the curriculum. For some, that will mean twinning with willing farms. For others, it will mean literally building their own small farms.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
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I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.
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I still don't know what Episcopalian means.
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Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.
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What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone.
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In your teens, you get the physical puberty, and between 28 and 32, mental puberty. It does make you feel differently.
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As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science.
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We have to create a range, and we have to let there be possibilities. And basically, by showing there are different types of people, you write down the monolith. You stop having to represent for all black people when you allow there to be different types represented.
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The thing is, a lot of our vets come home and they feel displaced, and they don't feel like their voice matters, so for me to be a spokesman and have that honor to educate America about who we are and what we are, it's like I'm doing my job.
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That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.
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I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated.
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Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something.
