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 haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual - she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I'm proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I'm still looking for my god.
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And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say ‘be careful’ or ‘don’t do it’, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him.
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I get pimples sometimes, and it's very stressful.
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If you do something really well, the entire world beats a path to your door. The number three, number five, number 400 player gets nothing. It's almost a winner take all.
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My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.
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I think my ancestors had to be enormously strong emotionally and very courageous.
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I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.
