John Buchan Quotes
There comes a time to everyone when the world narrows for him to a strait alley, with Death at the end of it, and all his thoughts are fixed on that waiting enemy of mankind.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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I think it's always very important to be comfortable and just kind of expressive; if you take fashion too seriously, then you lose the fun of it. I think you should always take the risk.
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We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.
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You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.
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I think everyone is most confident when they are just being themselves and not trying to impress others.
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The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up].
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One is that we stand - my two confreres and I - in some degree as representatives of a great number of fellow workers over the entire world, who are enthusiastically active in this field of ours.
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There comes a time to everyone when the world narrows for him to a strait alley, with Death at the end of it, and all his thoughts are fixed on that waiting enemy of mankind.
