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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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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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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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when he was 14 years old.
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?
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I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.
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My wigs are ever changing in height, width, color, size. They make me feel happy. Wearing them makes me feel like I can be a different person every day and that is kind of exciting.
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All my life, I have been a positive thinker... I have always been able to survive by telling myself that no matter how bad things are, they will one day be better. And that out of every event - no matter how tragic - one can always find a way to survive and even, perhaps, to be a little bit happy.
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I know I speak for the Bishop when I tell you how sorry I am for all the pain you have suffered in your life.
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The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.
