John Gregory Dunne Quotes
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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Don't you dare print my first name. That would make me sound like a real country girl.
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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
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I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I try to write stories that will attract younger readers and make them feel part of a wider readership. I do not feel able to write books that are about, or even for, teenagers; and I am inclined to be suspicious of books which 'target' them.
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My party is committed to a federation.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of circumstance, and not choice, has driven us, is oppressive to the heart.
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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
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I stream this radio station, Radio Nova, that's based in Paris. They curate a beautiful set that's really all over the place - they'll play blues or some West African music, then A Tribe Called Quest, then funk from Ethiopia, then James Brown, and then the Beatles. It's an amazing mix.
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Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.
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People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.
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We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.
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Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.
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I have a studio in the country - in the woods – but my paintings look more real to me than what is outdoors. You walk outside; the rocks are inert, even the clouds are inert. It makes me feel a little better. But I do have a faith that it is possible if you can move that inch.
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The Christianity that saves is a thing personally grasped, personally experienced, personally felt and personally possessed.
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Reviews don't bother me.
