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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I met the real George Steinbrenner on only one occasion when he actually came and played himself on an episode of 'Seinfeld.' He seemed to really enjoy himself. I did not get to know him, but the fact that he allowed himself and his beloved team to be satirized on our show is an indication to me of his true character.
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I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
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I always wanted to film 'Biggest Loser' in Hawaii. We could call it, 'Come on I wanna weigh you.'
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I grow herbs near the back door, and you can grow a wonderful selection of herbs and window boxes... My idea is that you should grow what you eat. There's no point in growing something like celeriac - which is very difficult to grow - if you hate it.
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The jazz always seems to automatically come out, because it was from my jazz days that I learned that spark. And the nice thing with my band and this repertoire, which is a complete joy, is that we go beyond just playing chords and melody. It is music that can stretch out.
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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.
