John Garfield Quotes
I did a lot of jobs when I was a kid - paper boy, grocery boy, all those things. I guess maybe I got a point of view then.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel qualified for yet. Instead, they should grab risky opportunities that will force them to grow on the job and learn to do it.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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I think I view the system the same way that Ayn Rand views the system - that it really oppresses those that create, if you will, and tries to take away from those that produce and give to the non-producers.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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I'm into Gucci a lot, like vintage '70s everything. I'm into Versace.
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What you see is what you get.
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The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
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The Democrats cannot say that we stand with immigrants if that secretly means we only stand with immigrants in odd-numbered years or when southern Democrats complain.
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Don't think too much. The best pictures come naturally.
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Having culture means we are the only animal that acquires the rules of its daily living from the accumulated knowledge of our ancestors, rather than from the genes they pass to us.
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I was a fan of westerns growing up. Every boy wanted to ride a horse and be a cowboy.
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I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't sound very hot to me.
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I did a lot of jobs when I was a kid - paper boy, grocery boy, all those things. I guess maybe I got a point of view then.
