John Berger Quotes
The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Some of the most significant advances in molecular biology have relied upon the methodology of genetics. The same statement may be made concerning our understanding of immunological phenomena.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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I don't regret anything, because I feel better every year, and if I'd done something different, maybe I wouldn't. I'm more of a whole person, the older I get.
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I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.
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If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed.
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I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it.
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Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.
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The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.
