John Cornyn Quotes
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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Time stays, we go.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
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India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it.
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I'm a plodder, not a planner.
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It's not very fun to do spectroscopy.
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On Friday, June 12, 1992, 110 heads of state gathered at Riocentro. They were indistinguishable in dress and deportment. Where was biodiversity when we needed it?
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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.
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I remember being on Atonement and it felt very right to be there. There was so much excitement every day. I remember very vividly how it felt to be a child on a film set, and that is actually really important to hold on to for as long as you continue to make films.
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The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat.
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People generally complain that they're overburdened by responsibilities, forgetting that they chose to have those responsibilities. No one makes you work like a dog in order to live in a nice house, put your kids in nice schools, drive a smart car and go on exotic foreign holidays. It's up to you.
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When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection.
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Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.
