John Clare Quotes
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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I think, aesthetically, car design is so interesting - the dashboards, the steering wheels, and the beauty of the mechanics. I don't know how any of it works, I don't want to know, but it's inspirational.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.
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The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon.
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When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion.
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High school is the time to find yourself and to explore with fashion and create your own identity.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'
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Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.
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You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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New York ladies all look immaculate.
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People just want to have access to all of the world's music.
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We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.
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God's graciousness is not totally removed from any individual during this lifetime. In hell, it is.
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We have a part-time nanny who does a few afternoons a week. We have a nursery.
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Live music is proof that there's some things the Internet can't kill. In our lifetime, we're going to see more and more things start to disappear and get gobbled up by the Internet, but live music won't be one of them.
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I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could move forward and heal.
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And don't despise your betters cause they're old.
