John Harrison Quotes
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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It's understandable why TV hasn't been diverse because a lot of TV writers are white dudes from Harvard. And white dudes from Harvard aren't going to immediately want to write about trans issues. They're not immediately going to want to write about a Filipino family.
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A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
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I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and my heart is full. 'American Sniper' has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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The most frightening thing about playing Dick Gregory is I've never done stand-up before, and I had to learn how to be a stand-up comedian, which was a bit of a challenge.
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If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.
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I grew up watching CNN, and my memory of CNN is James Earl Jones saying, 'This is CNN.'
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Unless you're God, you are never too "big" to be a fan.
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Satisfying every vision that fans have is probably impossible.
