John Buchan Quotes
Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future.
Quotes to Explore
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People take things so seriously.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.
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One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter evenings.
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If I was President of the United States, I'd rather be right than interesting. If I was CEO of a company, I'd rather be right than interesting. But I'm a journalist - what journalist would rather be right than interesting?
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The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.
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People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.
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Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future.
