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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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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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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Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it.
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It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.
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The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.
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Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.
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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.
