John Burnside Quotes
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I always wanted to do creative things, but I was really interested in entrepreneurship. My family comes from a very entrepreneurial culture, so business was always something I was interested in.
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I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.
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The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven Harleys, and I think in 'Savage Seven' I drove an Indian, but - I really love Triumph.
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I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.
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In politics, guts is all.
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Natural gas is great for America in so many ways.
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A man who doesn’t detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.
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People dancing all in the streetSee the rhythm all in their feetLife is good, wild and sweet.Let the music play on (play on, play on)Feel it in your heartAnd feel it in your soulLet the music take control.
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'What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?'
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There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.
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My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.
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What I hate about Halle Berry is there's always drama around her. It's always fighting, automobile accidents, fistfights, boyfriends fighting ex-husbands for the child.
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A lot of people don't like child actors.
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I'd like to adopt an older child, maybe 5 years old.
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I have two younger sisters and I'm such an advocate of owning who you are as a person. Don't be ashamed or intimidated. Never feel like you are not amazing.
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My father was the nurturing one, the one who always made sure my sister and I ate properly and that our hair was brushed... He really took care of the logistics of our upbringing.
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How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.
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I did not discover literature of any kind until I was about eleven, or ten.
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Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
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Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people that I don't really like or drive me crazy.
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For infidelities to have their real impact some lovelessness has to develop first.
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You can't sit down and decide what you want to write about.
