John Byrne Quotes
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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I love so many styles of music.
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I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.
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I want audiences to see me in different avatars.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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Little remnants from everywhere I've been are scattered around my home. I collect rocks in a weird way, with stones from around the world as mementos. I've also got three haranas, which are little guitars.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.
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When I was 13, I got my first guitar, and I could sort of play Ted Nugent songs, but I couldn't play the solos. But I could play along with entire Ramones songs.
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The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
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A house is kind of scary.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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People have a good time with all the catch phrases.
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What's so great about DreamWorks is that it's run by filmmakers who believe that if it's not broke, don't fix it.
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I called my book 'When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead' because that's the truth. I will keep talking until the big hand comes down from Heaven. But I am a spiritual man and I believe that even that does not have to be the end.
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My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.
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I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person.
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I secretly love the song 'No More Tears.' It's my go-to karaoke song that I do with all my friends.
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Online fundraising is so important to the Democratic Party.
