John Diamond Quotes
People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.
Quotes to Explore
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I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.
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I developed this - I don't know, like a burning love, almost, inside of me that I just wanted to get up, and I just wanted to skate every single day and get better.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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I never understood using Kickstarter for commercial purposes. If you want to raise money for commercial purposes, I think you should give someone a dividend. They make money, then you make money. It should be an investment, whereas I think Kickstarter's true purpose is raising money for things that are in and of themselves justifying.
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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
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I was being categorized as some kind of twangy songwriter. And that's just not how I see myself.
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We get real results only in proportion to the real values we give.
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People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.
