John Glover Quotes
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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'Free State of Jones' went beyond that. It got into how the South wasn't as homogenous as we thought it was - or even the North for that matter, where we like to assume everyone wanted to free the slaves and they were all abolitionists. It actually shows how complex these ideologies were on both sides.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.
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Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.
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The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.
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I think it's very important to have a public discussion about why we're denying our soldiers the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
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Mental acuity was never born from comfortable circumstances.
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I believe that everything you work at and want in life is a great challenge.
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I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.
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Superman is the hardest character to draw. There are a couple of things that make him difficult. He's got a very simple costume and doesn't have the long cape like Batman. He's not a character that is necessarily always in shadow, and he doesn't have a mask.
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There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda.
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Luck has had a great deal to do with my career.
