John Green Quotes
I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
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It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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I came to comic books when I was about 15.
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I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the guys who strummed acoustic guitars at parties were the ones who got the attention. So I asked a friend to show me a few chords, and when I moved to L.A. I spent a lot of time practicing my guitar.
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From 'Polytechnique,' I started to get scripts and after 'Incendies,' of course, it exploded.
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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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[people] very fact that it's decentralized makes it literally impossible to try to hack or rig the results.
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I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.
