John Heywood Quotes
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.
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When I went to see Kansas and Queen and Styx, I don't even remember the music. But I know what I saw.
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What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.
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There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. And more than doing the normal stuff, you have to vary your catching - you've got to take some catches with the tennis ball, you got to take some closer, some further away.
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I've always been very open with my emotions. Actually, that's got me into a lot of trouble, too, in the past.
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After a decade in public life working to stop Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, I cannot support a deal giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief - in return for letting it maintain an advanced nuclear program and the infrastructure of a threshold nuclear state.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are even some moms who think it's cheesy. It's a role you can't prepare for; it's a role you don't get paid to do, but it is the most rewarding role, and to me, it's been the most fulfilling.
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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I talk periodically with the producers at EA and I try to be as honest as possible because as great as EA does, you just don't want to hear good things. These people are really passionate about making games and making them as realistic as possible.
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I'm fascinated by simple joy.
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Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.
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I can't live in a world where there are only, like, four kinds of women. Or where every woman is obsessed with cake. The very least I ask is that we have one female character in the world who likes savory things! I don't have any role models who like cheese!
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I'm safe where I'm at just being the guy where people go, 'That's a really good actor. What's his name again?' I liked being at that place.
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'The Notebook' was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together.
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For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.
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It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.
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Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy.
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The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
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Embracing the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup.
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The types of melodies I tend to write kind of have this bittersweet quality; they're meant to be uplifting but kind of have this melancholy vibe to it.
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I really could've been a good student, but I was always hearing an imaginary audience.
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A fooles bolt is soone shot.