John Fleming Quotes
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time.
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A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.
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I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison.
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I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might have come up with something resembling a song as early as 4 or 5 years old.
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Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.
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Football is my true love. I played with boys until I was 11 and then for a girls' club in Middlesbrough until I was 16.
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After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.
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People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something.
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I owe a lot to my time on 'House of Cards' because, up until I booked that show, I had been working consistently for 12 years, but I wasn't working on anything that mattered in the way 'House of Cards' did to its audience, to casting directors, to directors and producers. The show hit this sweet spot.
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You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.
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I never use the word 'I' when I interview someone. I think it's irrelevant.
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Now that man can fly through the air like a bird ... and swim in the sea like a fish, wouldn't it be wonderful if he could just walk the earth like a man?
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Do you not think that if all of us come to believe in and abide by these principles, that is, monotheism, worship of God, justice, respect for the dignity of man, belief in the Last Day, we can overcome the present problems of the world
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There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.
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I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.
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In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
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On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better.
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I think NBC got a little reluctant to get behind single-camera shows after 'Scrubs' didn't do what they thought it was going to do following 'Friends.'
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I do think that character types trend. As a female comedian, the parts that come my way are often terrible women.
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Washington does not tax too little: it spends way too much.
