John Burns Quotes
I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.
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Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!
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No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.
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I kinda lose my mind in 'Fringe,' or at least my character does. Whenever I'm acting, I tend to accidentally become unable to switch off the character. I'm a little bit of a method actor, but without really wanting to be.
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When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.
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My younger sister had kids before I did, and managed to earn a master's degree while raising them as a single parent. Now she's a brilliant second-grade teacher. I'm in awe of her ability to juggle everything and still be a great mother.
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It was so popular, so more people identify me from 'Friends' than anything else.
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I have no connection with Hollywood. I'm not interested. I don't care.
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I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.
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I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.
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Throughout the history of Iceland, men have been lost at sea; every family in Iceland is connected to that kind of story.
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You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'
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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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In judging of a beautiful statue, the aesthetic faculty is absolutely and completely gratified by the splendid curves of those marble lips that are dumb to our complaint, the noble modelling of those limbs that are powerless to help us.
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I found that options traders - the Amex was mainly an options exchange - routinely conspired to keep as wide as possible the spreads between the prices investors paid and the prices floor traders paid for the same securities.
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I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.
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If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.
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I'm from the suburbs and where I'm from didn't necessarily have people like you see in 'Suburgatory,' but along those lines and I think people will laugh at themselves. And it's lighthearted.
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Back from the brink of elimination to the brink of the NBA Finals!
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This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie].
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I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.
