John Burnham Schwartz Quotes
It is one thing to recognise certain potentially useful affinities, and another to act on them.
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Fight scenes are like learning a dance. You learn it move by move, and then you put it all together and it looks awesome when you edit it together. It's great!
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My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 10 I was paying more tax than the parents of other pupils. I feel a lot older than my years. Because I was working with adults, I had to mature a lot quicker.
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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.
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BASE jumping is skydiving from fixed objects, like buildings, antennae, bridges and earth - meaning mountains, cliffs. It's for sure - for me - it's the ultimate feeling of being in free fall, with all the visual references.
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Craft is everything.
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Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
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I mean, I would say I get five or six e-mails every day from people asking, "Is there going to be a Leprechaun 6?' It's probably the most asked question besides, 'Is there going to be a Willow II?'
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Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer areas and to redress the balance in terms of housing, redressing the balance in terms of schooling.
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Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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What's my dilemma here? Am I making entertainment or am I making art? What am I saying? At the end of the day, cinema is entertainment for millions of people, but for me it's expression.
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For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
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I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.
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To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form.
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Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.
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After 2001, everyone in the Soulquarians blew up, which wasn't expected. We all got the success, and then everybody froze.
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I just want to say, if you're going crazy, take a break. I felt overwhelmed by stuff that wasn't satisfying me, things I was supposed to do for my career. I stopped and said, 'Let me get back to the basics.'
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It is one thing to recognise certain potentially useful affinities, and another to act on them.
