John D. Voelker Quotes
Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.
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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
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From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.
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I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.
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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
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You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.
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I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
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We all make mistakes, and we all need second chances. For youth in foster care, these mistakes are often purposeful - if not consciously so; a way to test the strength of a bond and establish trust in a new parent.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner?
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It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud.
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My wife wants me to eat fish; she says it is delicious. But I don't like fish, so that is that.
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I don't know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest.
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My wife and I ran through 'Justified' in, like, a day. And that is such a funny, amazing show.
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I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.
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Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.
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What I found in the Protestant faith was that your salvation is secure, and that the rest is process.
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I do think I am a country boy at heart. I love the buzz of towns and going out with friends and sitting with them drinking and whatever - it's fun - but, at the same time, I like space and freedom.
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It would seem staggeringly arrogant to think we were the only ones in the universe, but at the same time, I don't know if contact has been made yet or not because you think something like that would be hard to cover up. I'm still on the fence. I keep an open mind about all of these things.
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Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.
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I actually was a defense attorney first.
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Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.
