John E. Walker Quotes
In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964.
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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I'm not a control freak.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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If I got hit by a truck, I would want to go to hospital, but if something is bothering me I will see my naturopath.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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I don't judge my characters.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.
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It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.
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I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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There is absolutely no reason why we have to deal with the mid-life crisis of our social policies by putting a bullet through their heads.
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September 11 was horrific, but I've been through enough crises before that I had my own pattern as to how to collect facts, what a leader should do, how to communicate with people, how to set up operating mechanisms to work our way through it.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words in the lead sentences. There will be at least 25 in all of them: Guaranteed. The writers just want to tell you how many degrees they have from this college or that university.
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In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964.
