John Burdett Quotes
Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.
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When I hear theists and atheists pontificating on how they know God does or does not exist, I can only smile at the irrationality and, yes, vanity of the notion.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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The study titled 'Impact of Immigration on Wages, by Education Level, 1994-2007' found that increased immigration had an effect of lowering wages for earlier immigrants by an average of 4.6 percent. Running counter to popular perception is the finding that for native-born Americans, wages actually increased by 0.6 percent.
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When you're never home and traveling, you don't play videogames.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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I'm very involved with PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - and Greenpeace and a lot of women's shelter and clothing giveaways.
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All people believe in America, jobs, creating energy here, not being dependent on foreign energy sources.
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I think the most effective managers in the world have a team that wants to jump through brick walls for them.
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Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem.
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People pump gas and then they go in the store and pick up some things and pay for them, and they forget to mention the gas.
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Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.
