John Ciardi Quotes
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
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The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
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Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?
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Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
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Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.
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I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.
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So anyway, the show starts, and it's the Army band, and it's all those American 'ra ra' songs, you know that whole 'I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.' And they eat that shit up!
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The day will happen whether or not you get up.
