John Burnside Quotes
One of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen was a Yupik wolf mask, made in Nunivak in around 1890.
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize an astronomy club for my friends at the age of 11. We would meet once a week to learn about the constellations.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.
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I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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Definitely, I think I fulfill a very funny Indian stereotype because I love technology. It's something I've always been interested in.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
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A flower may be beautiful all on its own, but a person is never truly beautiful unless someone's eyes show him that he is beautiful.
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I have no idea what's next. I simply don't have a clue.
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I travel often, so my routine is always getting scrambled. But on a standard sort of day, I get up at 6, pack lunches, hustle the kids off to school, then brew a pot of coffee and head downstairs to the dungeon, as I call it: my cobwebby office in the basement.
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One of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen was a Yupik wolf mask, made in Nunivak in around 1890.
