John Betjeman Quotes
But I'm dying now and done for,What on earth was all the fun for?I am ill and old and terrified and tight.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.
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I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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I belonged to the 'Point Break' generation - I watched the original when I was 13 years old. It's basically the story of the rescue of the human spirit, and we continue to fight that same spiritual battle, but with a political expression.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
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I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
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I'm looking forward to playing Michael Bluth many, many more times.
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All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers.
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There is immense, powerful potential in life in this universe - especially now that we know that places like the Earth are common. And that potential, that powerful potential, is also our potential, of you and me.
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'Insidious 2' is a direct continuation of the first movie. We literally pick up from where we left off at the end of the first film. And whereas the first movie is a twist on the haunted house genre, the second movie is a twist on the classic domestic thriller.
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In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
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But I'm dying now and done for,What on earth was all the fun for?I am ill and old and terrified and tight.
