John Clayton Quotes
I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn't work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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The reason why I moved from Young Thug to Jeffery was because I felt like I did a wrong turn.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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I love to perform live.
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The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability.
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Dabbing was a way of fashion that turned into a dance.
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I do get up in the morning and I try to spend at least half an hour meditating and reading something spiritual. I start my day with meditation and prayer, and I truly believe that all the stuff you do on the outside isn't as important as what you do on the inside.
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I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws of this land, albeit with the divergent opinions. I shudder that my colleagues do not understand the dynamics of the Federal judiciary.
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Does the right hon. Lady understand-if she does not yet understand she soon will-that the penalty for treachery is to fall into public contempt?
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I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes.
