John Dickerson Quotes
There is a basic idea to this fighting spirit: that there are standards worth devoting yourself to that are more important than your self-interest.
Quotes to Explore
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.
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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
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The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I want to be a major force.
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You don't get second chances in the real world.
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I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.
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I've learnt more physics from Kabbalah than I ever did in school.
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I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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Bad movies are when people go, 'oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don't even want to go back again.'
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I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write music and be in a band and play shows. I even got into an underground art scene. I was going to do whatever.
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You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.
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Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness. More important than being loved, therefore, is to love.
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There is a basic idea to this fighting spirit: that there are standards worth devoting yourself to that are more important than your self-interest.
