John Burnside Quotes
It takes a true encounter to realise that real animals, wild animals, have all but passed from our lives.
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I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.
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My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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There's a difference between a pop star and an artist. Pop stars have to be perfect all the time; an artist is allowed, on occasion, to suck. And I put myself in that category because I sometimes suck. I'm not trying to please the masses. It's not going to happen, so I don't try.
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People's opinions don't interfere with me.
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I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that's what country music is to me... real life stories and real life emotions.
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What they will do is, you know the tabloids. They'll take one element of a story that may be true and they'll build everything around it. Take a picture and invent a story around it.
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I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.
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It takes a true encounter to realise that real animals, wild animals, have all but passed from our lives.
