John Britton Quotes
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
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No, I have not a drop of what they call white blood in my veins. My father was a full blooded Negro, and my mother was a full blooded Chippewa.
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Several southern actors are coming to Mumbai. Likewise, many Bollywood actors are appearing down South or borrowing ideas from southern films.
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Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
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The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.
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Cancer is a collection of many diseases with common principles, and each disease will have to be understood and more effectively controlled on its own terms.
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If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.
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I am interested primarily in the vast field of experience and sensation which neither literature nor a purely plastic art deals with.
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Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.
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Music is something that is supposed to connect people on a pure level.
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Don't just rehash what came before. Find new things to do with it, in your unique voice.
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As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty.
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I am amazed; until the day I die I shall wonder how Whittaker Chambers got into my house to use my typewriter.
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If you deprive yourself of something, you're going to want it more.
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It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets.
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It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing.
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God takes out your heart of flesh, and gives you a heart of stone.
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Yale has influenced the Central Intelligence Agency more than any other university, giving the CIA the atmosphere of a class reunion.
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I suffer snakes to be killed in the ashram when it is impossible to catch them and put them out of harm's way.
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If we spend our days trying to avoid the landmines of stepping out of God's will, then will be afraid to take any risks for his kingdom. But when you know there is a net of grace, when you know that God will catch you and set you back on his path when you fall, then you'll feel the freedom to pursue the adventure that kingdom living is all about.
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It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.
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We did not catch it nearly as early as we should have,