John Chrysostom Quotes
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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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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Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.
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Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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When a producer like Prasad, who knows people's pulse, is ready to try something new, why not me?
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Oftentimes, you have to be able to throw it in order to run it.
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I'm not a politician, but ISIS is a problem, and this matter should be solved very quickly. This will affect existing production, it will affect investment, it will affect the behaviour of people. It will affect the area tremendously.
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'Blue Valentine' was a really sad movie, but I loved the moments when they're discovering each other for the first time.
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I see Libya as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and a sovereign State of the nearly 200 members of the United Nations.
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It is so cool to be able to stand as a witness of Christ and to be able to be proud of it and be part of His army.
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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
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I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
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I think Facebook is an extraordinarily important part of the Internet ecosystem, and having a robust presence there is a critical part of any brand (or company's) strategy.
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Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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Slander is worse than cannibalism.
