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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Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.
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New scientific ideas never spring from a communal body, however organized, but rather from the head of an individually inspired researcher who struggles with his problems in lonely thought and unites all his thought on one single point which is his whole world for the moment.
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My family have been wool merchants since the 19th century. My first job, aged 18, was buying fabric from my father to produce and sell ties. But I was also at university in Milan.
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I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.
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Remembering the loss of those Irishmen from all parts of the island who were sent to their deaths in the imperialist slaughter of the First World War is crucial to understanding our history. It is also important to recognise the special significance in which the Battle of the Somme and the First World War is held.
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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.
