John Fairchild Quotes
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I don't miss acting at all.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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As a woman, as a Jew, as a lesbian, as a labor leader in a time of great anti-union animus, I know that other people project their biases on me. But it is nothing like the experience of our African-American brothers and sisters, especially black and brown men and boys.
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The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.
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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.
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When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.
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The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.
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I am still making my living reciting my verses for crowds who refuse to buy my books. I must do this, as all American rhymers must, however sick I may be of the sound of my own voice.
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What we need now for quickening is not so much money and wisdom as the spirit of supplication. Pray for yourself until the new life is infused. When that new life comes, it will lead you to pray for others.
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Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn out the same
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I find it an exhausting experience, personally, to go to a party every night.
