John Burnside Quotes
A man was defined, in my father's circles, by what he could bear, the pain he could shrug off, the warmth or comfort he could deny himself.
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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I will tell you with 100 percent confidence, Jon Jones is not deep in my head. The fact he actually thinks that, it makes me smile every day.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can.
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I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.
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The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.
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Chad was in the right spot. He got a little aggressive with the third shot there. He probably didn't want that putt he had there for the par. And you don't want to put it back there where Casey and Sergio did because you have 20 feet of break there.
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In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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There's something about trying to figure out why someone is doing something that on the outside is horrible - what drives them to do that? What could drive any human being to that kind of behaviour?
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I don't believe in the no-carb diet... I have a theory. I think if you give up carbs, you get cranky. You must include them in your daily diet.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
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The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.
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I think celebrities suck.
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Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?
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With the American failure came world failure.
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A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.
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I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.
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The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention.
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A man was defined, in my father's circles, by what he could bear, the pain he could shrug off, the warmth or comfort he could deny himself.
