John Clayton Quotes
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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I remember when TiVO first came out I was all about TiVo. I came home and that thing was frozen, and I thought 'This is awful. This is the end of the world'. Then I unplugged it, and I plugged it back in, and still frozen. It was paralyzing. I called them. They said, 'Just unplug it longer.' Fixed. But it also taught me I'm an addict.
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I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.
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Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
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I don't know how television or radio is going to survive without newspapers because that's where they get all their news. It's going to be hopeless.
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Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.
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My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.
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Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
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Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death.
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Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.
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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
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Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master.
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Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays.
