John Chamberlain Quotes
I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.
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I'm very flirtatious, and I enjoy it.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.
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I had a low image of myself because I was brought up in the deep Depression.
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I get scripts and think, 'There's not enough here to get my teeth stuck into.' That's a result of studying English, where you luxuriate in these big, lush novels.
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It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?
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I got a horse when I was eight or 10 years old. And dad used to take me to the rodeo back home. I got into it big time.
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Well, we're in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevitably it means taking what it is that you've done and hopefully you're showing it to a lot of people who like it.
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There's discussion in athletics about how sport - where they say 'SportsCenter' has ruined the fundamentals of basketball because it's - it only applauds dunks and three point shots and blocks, and I think, you know, the cable news has done the same thing for politics.
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Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.
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Either you sit on the pile of cash, or you continue to grow.
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Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.
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I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
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I want to fire the whole lot. Instantly. Out, out. No 'District' commands, no golden bowlers, nothing. Out … If I could, I'd do what Stalin did to Tukhachevsky.
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I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties.
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Maybe people become bitter when they don't know what they are fighting for. But I keep my eyes open.
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Mistreatment of al Qaeda members and their friends and hangers-on is something I number among my moral concerns. But it's number 1,000,000,001.
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I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.
