John Burnham Schwartz Quotes
Let me begin by saying that I am one of those naturally wary people who considers the verb 'return' a kind of insidious threat.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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I'll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I'll still eat the one cookie... sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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I wanted to join the Army the sign said 'Be All That You Can Be', they told me it wasn't enough.
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I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.
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I've got a long-term plan.
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I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands.
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I am just this small-town Canberra girl that's taken riding a little kid's bike on dirt tracks to the highest level.
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Let me begin by saying that I am one of those naturally wary people who considers the verb 'return' a kind of insidious threat.
