John Chrysostom Quotes
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?
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I think that, for me, the great books like that, autobiographies, are great when the artists who write them throw caution to the wind and really put it out there as they saw it.
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I'm on my version of the protein diet, but there ain't no protein in it. It's a Krispy Kreme doughnut between two Cinnabons. And you soak it overnight in Red Bull. Then you chase it with a Snickers.
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My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.
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My family were pretty big hippies.
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For good or bad, there is a certain level of generalisation when it comes to my work. I want to break that perception. My decision to direct 'Bombay Talkies' or to present 'The Lunchbox' is an attempt to do that. These are the films that gel well with my sensibility, and it's unfortunate, it's not the perception out there.
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There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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There is no such thing as the Shadow Cabinet. It is purely a Press term. The Prime Minister is by no means bound to include the members of the Shadow Cabinet in his Cabinet, or even in the Government. I myself left several out.
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The range of my interests in science fiction - it really does run a gamut.
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Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
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I'm very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love the buzz of a new hotel room. It never quite loses its thing.
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The application of group theory to physics became one of the main branches of physics that I specialized in.
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Remember that relationships are important and have to be nurtured and cherished. Also keep in mind that a relationship is a two way street, so be ready to give a relationship just as you would expect the other person to be giving to you.
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If you refrain from judging your worst enemy, his children will come to your side. What more severe judgment could come upon an enemy than this?
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With the black male as a teenager, where you're coming from the ghettos and that kind of stuff, you've got to assert yourself, be macho, not let anybody walk over you, so that's where all this unnecessary bullshit comes from - from egos. That's why there are a lot of fights. That's how come the whole thing with rap has been violent. It's because of the male ego.
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No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.
