John Burns Quotes
I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.
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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I want to have a long career.
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I think we've learned that the S.B.A. plays a critical role in providing access and opportunity when the market is not providing that access. We help banks get that money out into the hands of important and viable businesses, particularly those owned by minorities, women, immigrants and veterans.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.
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So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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There are no large-scale original musicals being made right now. They're all Broadway adaptations and jukebox musicals or catalog musicals, and they just don't interest me as much.
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The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
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I never, ever drink while writing. Never have from the start, and I'm happy that I never have to. A lot of my stuff is plot-driven and mathematical, and I think you need a clean and sober mind to pin down the logistics of that.
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Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.
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I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.
