John Burnside Quotes
I think humans have to learn a new way of dwelling on this earth. A way of living with their companions: animals, plants and fish.
Quotes to Explore
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.
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My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules. I didn't know it, because I hadn't been in the business.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s really changed when the '90s hit. For me to chase that dream or career of music, I started a family, started on 'Melrose Place,' so it was something I didn't have the time or energy.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
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If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
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Unlike Etsy, which is all handmade, we print and ship the products, not the designers. We relieve the designer from having to make and ship everything, package it, and provide customer service. All the designer has to do is submit art and keep doing what they love doing.
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The spirit of God, like the sun, always gives all its light at once. The spirit of man resembles the pale moon, which has its phases, its absences and its returns, its lucidity and its spots, its fullness and its disappearance, which borrows all its light from the rays of the sun, and which still dares to intercept them on occasion.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better.
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I think humans have to learn a new way of dwelling on this earth. A way of living with their companions: animals, plants and fish.
