John Garfield Quotes
When I think back, the neighbors were always sayin', 'Oh, that poor Julie, that poor orphan.' I loved it. The Italians would invite me in for dinner - it was an Italian neighborhood mostly. Oh, I loved it.
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My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
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I think it's really important to give back and show other people that you care.
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases.
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'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.
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Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramifications got young people out to vote and should be enough to keep them involved in our political system.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
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My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.
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I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I have had that.
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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
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Being a teenager is hard.
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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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I'm doing what I want to do.
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Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.
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Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.
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I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.
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We have Divine Wisdom in the mortal body.Whatever does harm to the body, ruins the House of the Eternal.
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There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.
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Which is the greater wrong? To hurt the unforgiving one, or hurt the one who has forgiven all?
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When I think back, the neighbors were always sayin', 'Oh, that poor Julie, that poor orphan.' I loved it. The Italians would invite me in for dinner - it was an Italian neighborhood mostly. Oh, I loved it.
