John Gavin Quotes
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A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
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Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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Something funny certainly happens when palladium and platinum come into contact with hydrogen gas; it's one of the great mysteries still waiting to be solved on the periodic table. But it's quite a leap from 'something funny' to cold fusion.
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Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of what it's about, being on your own for three or four years and living day to day on $3, or living in an apartment with no electricity.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
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I like having those preseason games and exhibitions to really get ready for the regular season and get yourself off to a good start.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.
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It is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples for China and Afghanistan to strengthen a strategic and cooperative partnership, which is also conducive to regional peace, stability and development.
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I've never seen anyone say, 'Let's go get this person today; let's really ram it into him.' I've never seen it. If a Democrat or Republican commits some horrendous story, the story will run. The networks will cover it.
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The longer your life goes on, the more death you face.
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It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon.
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I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments.
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How many songs in your life were your favorite songs but never were singles on albums?
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In contrast to my husband, I can pronounce the word nuclear.
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'Yes,' he said, 'intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn’t matter. A cancer growing in someone’s body will go on growing in spite of denial. And a complex combination of genes that work together to make you intelligent as well as hierarchical will still handicap you whether you acknowledge it or not.'
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Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.
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Economics is a very dangerous science.
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I am a fan before I am an artist. I was that twelve year old girl that looked up to Taylor Swift. I get what that role is as a fan. I think that because I know that, I'm really careful and intentional about what I say and what I put out. I want to be that role for anyone who wants me to be that.
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I'm not going back to acting, and I'm not going to seek elective office.
