John Gruber Quotes
I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.
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A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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I do get recognized, more and more every day.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
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I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.
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And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.
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Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.
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I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
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Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.
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A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.
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As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able to tackle the task of producing these substances by artificial methods, i.e. by synthesis, as we call it.
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Why did people get so upset when somebody mentioned dying? Did they think that if they didn’t mention it, it would skip a few people and leave them alive forever?
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Everything is always grungy in England, no? It's like a little shibboleth of the upper class, wearing something out of your grandfather's trunk.
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Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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I'm Armenian, but I'm very fair and I look white... I would always get such hate about it.
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Really, Donald Trump's entire message is that people like Sen. Blunt are the problem.
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To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.
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I was heartbroken at the end of that, because I thought that was going to be it for me. Somehow I had worked my way into this movie and it had exposed me to people and I had a chance to be an actor, which I loved, but I didn't think it was ever going to happen again.
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The longer I've been doing this, the more I've realized that you have no idea what kinds of roles are possible for you - dream roles can take you by surprise. That being said, I need to play Hamlet one day. I'd also love to be in a play that I have written myself.
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Shells sink, dreams float. Life's good on our boat.
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I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.
