John Hancock Quotes
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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I don't think anyone wants to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm anti-woman.' They don't see themselves that way, and you can't treat them that way. But you have to tell the truth.
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The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House.
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Remember, the choices we make today shape the people we become tomorrow.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.
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The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.
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I was a heart surgeon before I came to Congress, and I've worked many holidays on behalf of my patients.
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Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.
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I believe that sexism in tech is a real problem.
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In me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
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I haven't any strength, I haven't any character, I'm a born tool. I haven't any destiny. All I have is dreams. And now other people run them.
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'What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.'
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When I break any of the chains that bind me I feel that I make myself smaller.
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One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was originally from Syracuse, N.Y., and lived in New Jersey but sang country. One night, she had me come up on stage where she was performing. I sang 'My Mother's Eyes,' and she was knocked out.
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My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over.
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I've played some great ladies. Mame. Agnes Gooch in 'Mame,' when I started out in the '60s... it's a beautiful role.
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Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.
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They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.
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As we let our light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.
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My first album didn't come out until I was 27, which in pop years is late, you know. But when it came time to arrange it, I became a kid in a toy shop. I had a harp and a saxophone quartet and a symphony orchestra. I went berserk for a time.
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Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.'
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I shall look forward to a pleasant time.
