John Dickerson Quotes
One of the great things about children is that they have no other concern than to be simply interested in things. It is considered by some the height of mindfulness to approach the world afresh like a child.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
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I want to write weirder stuff and convince people that it's Top 40.
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I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
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Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic school study is a different thing. I can't quite grasp that.
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There are always lessons that can be learned from another manufacturer. You can learn from their successes and from their mistakes also. But you cannot replicate; you can only learn.
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I've always looked the same, and every 10 years, I'm a little bit in fashion.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
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Between the time the last train leaves and the first train arrives, the place changes: it's not the same as in daytime.
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I've lived with boys and girls, and I find that boys are generally cleaner than girls. Generally! This is a big generalization!
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If you look at the recent Nobel Prize winners, one couldn't say that the work didn't matter and the political commitment did. Who had ever heard of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz? He is not politically involved. Octavio Paz is a great poet, also not politically involved. The Nobel Prize is for literature, for the quality of work over the years.
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It is difficult today to be a professional athlete. It's difficult when you're charged with this for anyone, but especially difficult if you are a professional athlete.
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In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.
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One of the great things about children is that they have no other concern than to be simply interested in things. It is considered by some the height of mindfulness to approach the world afresh like a child.
