John Clayton Quotes
Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
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My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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So, I'm on 'Sesame Street,' walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not think is right.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.
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Stimulation-wise, I might be a little bit addicted when it comes to pushing my body to extremes.
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I have a lot of reactions to the outside world that I don't feel like would be appropriate for songs: things I'm not interested in writing about, things I don't want to think about any longer than 15 or 20 seconds.
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I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out clubbing. I wanted to get the same kind of feel.
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The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.
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My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.
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Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.
