John Doar Quotes
For a black student to work in southwest Mississippi for example - or in the Delta in 1960, 1961, 1962 - was high-risk work.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
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If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.
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Real people - the interesting ones, anyway - don't remain static, and neither do the ones I write about. Changes take place, and they react to them.
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I always loved samurai movies, and I wanted to incorporate that whole level of elegance and just the code of the samurai to 'Conan.'
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There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.
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I require a lot of stimulation, and there's so much I've learned being in front of the camera, I felt like I had more to give behind it.
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It isn't a given that the companies that provide mobility today will also be the ones to do so tomorrow. Every company has to work hard to make this happen.
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Everyday when you wake up, create the intention and then commit to making it your best day ever. Seriously. Do it.
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For a black student to work in southwest Mississippi for example - or in the Delta in 1960, 1961, 1962 - was high-risk work.
