John Delaney Quotes
Our employment future rests on the shoulders of the small employer, and we should be investing with them.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
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The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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I don't mind dating younger men now.
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I've always found diversity more interesting than specialisation. I like mixing it up across years, within days, within weeks - that's what stimulates me, gives me energy.
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Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.
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Gay unions, what is that about? I haven't been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn't go anyway. The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn't work for straight people any more ... I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
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Television tends to be a more difficult medium for me to get my head around sometimes when it comes to certain things I get offered.
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There are dozens and dozens of improv classes across the nation, but it really cannot be taught.
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Our employment future rests on the shoulders of the small employer, and we should be investing with them.
