John Green Quotes
It's hard to get movie studios to pay a lot of money for movies that don't have robots or explosions.
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We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
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I do watch a lot of YouTube.
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her talking about this great, risk-taking woman. There are the most amazing, heroic stories in everybody's lives.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
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Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.
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I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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There is great food in Vegas.
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I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.
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It's about not going to the well all the time. The body has limits. The mind has limits, too.
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I don't want to be that parent that puts my kids into what I think they should be in, you know what I mean?
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It's hard to get movie studios to pay a lot of money for movies that don't have robots or explosions.
