John Dickerson Quotes
The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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There is an enormous shadow industry of scammers and amateurs who prey on aspiring writers, who divert people from the real publishing industry into this shadow world of vanity publishing and fee-charging agents.
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I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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Bullies always have another target.
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Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head.
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Theater and sports are connected. You've got your team - or ensemble - your goal and your determination to win.
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They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children.
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Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.
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Most people don't think about plyometrics when they think about powerful strength. But I do lots of them to build mine.
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The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.
