John Burns Quotes
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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We care about margins.
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Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.
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The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see little reason not to do whatever feels good at the moment.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
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I never, ever talk about writing to anyone at all.
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When I started in '54, it was only one track on a quarter-inch machine. We didn't have recording studios much around the country; we went into the radio stations and recorded our records.
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I am not one of those people who string their exes along. Instead, I run and hide: under the covers, behind my computer screen, on opposite coasts of the country.
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Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had.
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I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.
