John Dickerson Quotes
If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and away from you, you might find that clip in the middle of the day, and it will transport you as surely as if you had a time machine.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
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England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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I'm not super into sports.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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Music has always been profoundly important to me.
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I've spent a good deal of time in the Middle East over the years, lecturing at universities in places like Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and Morocco.
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And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington.
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The thing I'm most proud of about - not all of our movies, but a lot of our movies - is that you might love 'em, you might hate 'em, but most of the time, they're trying to be different or trying new things, which I think is really important.
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I believe that if writers want their readers to care about a character, they have to care themselves. I have to root for a detective who screws up as much as Thorne does, who shares my birthday, my North London stomping ground, and my love of country music, both alt and cheesy.
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If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and away from you, you might find that clip in the middle of the day, and it will transport you as surely as if you had a time machine.
