John Burdett Quotes
Have you seen anything strange about him?Strange? He insists on inhabiting an melting earth - isn't that strange enough without splitting hairs?He seems to be two different people. His personality switches from second to second. I heard something about it a long time ago.....what was it again?
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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It's time to bring a change because the world is changing. Let's open our minds and live in present.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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I like old Disney films that have an edge to them.
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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The American people have been kicked in the teeth by unfair trade for decades.
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Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all.
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The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also the sad thing about his writing sometimes, too.
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Spending $40,000 on shoes is downright ignorant.
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Have you seen anything strange about him?Strange? He insists on inhabiting an melting earth - isn't that strange enough without splitting hairs?He seems to be two different people. His personality switches from second to second. I heard something about it a long time ago.....what was it again?
