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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...organized labor...rushes to support the party without demanding a turn away from corporatism toward workers’ needs. This is the logic of the lesser of two evils. It tethers labor to a relentless slide deeper into the corporate power pits year after year.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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They call me nuts, they call me stupid, they call me ugly. They might be right about ugly. ...All that I've done is to say what's on other peoples' mind.
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Life is a lie, and Love a cheat.
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The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.
