John French Sloan Quotes
People who take things too literally don't get much of anything from my teaching. By never saying anything I mean, I say a great deal. I never mean anything I say under oath. I never mean exactly what I say. Not even this. You have to read between the words.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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When girls bully, it's very subtle, and you can't define it. At least with boys, the bullying is usually explicit, and you can deal with it. It's psychological with girls.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of.
Nastassja Kinski
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Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
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When I go to a sci-fi convention, oh God, it's the closest thing to being a rock star I will ever know in this life. I want to be a rock star, don't you? It's a good thing to be, a rock star.
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I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.
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It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another.
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Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.
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People who take things too literally don't get much of anything from my teaching. By never saying anything I mean, I say a great deal. I never mean anything I say under oath. I never mean exactly what I say. Not even this. You have to read between the words.
