John Berry Quotes
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.
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I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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You're only as good as your last haircut.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to be. There's been a lot of hardship along the way. But that's what life is. And it's how you deal with those things, and how you let them shape you that makes you a better person and defines what sort of person you're going to be.
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The term we use on our team is 'reset': when you go through, whether it's a negative play or a negative drive, and you get your next opportunity - not focusing on the past, but going back into your attack mode.
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When I was a Laker Girl, I only danced for three months. We did not get paid that much money, and I was working two jobs at the time. I thought that it would be a little more fun, but it was quite stressful. It's all about your weight, your hair, having the right hair extensions, what to wear, the kind of shoes you wore.
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Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.
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'I will say this once.' Edward turned to the others. 'I’m in command on this mission. Do not, at any time, attempt to wrest control from me. If what you see dismays you, avert your eyes.'
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In capitalist society however where social reason always asserts itself only post festum great disturbances may and must constantly occur.
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Bobby is the most misunderstood, misquoted celebrity walking the face of this earth
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I felt that I could swim for miles, out into the ocean: a desire for freedom, an impulse to move, tugged at me as though it were a thread fastened to my chest. It was an impulse I knew well, and I had learned that it was not the summons from a larger world I used to believe it to be. It was simply a desire to escape from what I had.
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Critics? How do they happen? I know how it happened to me. I would send a poem or story to a magazine and they would say this doesn't suit our needs precisely but on the other hand you sound interesting. Would you be interested in doing a review?
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I guess on one hand I believe it doesn't matter if there is life after death.
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The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
