John Dickerson Quotes
When she died, Mom left me her letters and journals. Windows into things I would have been too young to understand when she was alive, or too busy, or too much of a know-it-all.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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I received free health care.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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A lot of the time, you see something really beautiful, but if you don't have the perfect figure and are a really small size, it won't work well for you.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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If you're stuck in traffic, call a friend or listen to a favorite podcast. If you're waiting in a long line, make friends with a person in line with you. There are lots of ways we can change the vibe.
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Queen Latifah has been a huge part of my career. She has been a huge, huge part of my career since the very beginning.
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I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.
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Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.
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When she died, Mom left me her letters and journals. Windows into things I would have been too young to understand when she was alive, or too busy, or too much of a know-it-all.
