John Heywood Quotes
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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Drama starts where logic ends.
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I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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I went down to Venezuela and ended up renting a helicopter and flew with my sons to the tops of the tepuis, these freestanding jungle mesas, 'lost worlds' as it were. In fact, it's almost impossible to access them without one. So we were able to land and spend some time there. We were trapped for about six hours by clouds that came in.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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You cannot be in charge of a family and run a big company.
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.
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I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years.
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I eat right and stay healthy as much as possible.
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.
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I like to wear jewellery, even though I like my look to be minimalist. When I go out for events, I like to have at least one statement piece. It always adds glamour.
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I wasn't a great background singer.
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As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.
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I'm a family guy. I want to be home with my family, want to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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I enjoyed giving back to the city I was born and raised in.
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I'm beginning to feel like a microwaved egg that will explode if anybody so much as breathes onto the surface.
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I find writing the darker side, writing tragedy, a lot easier than writing happiness. Happiness is just less psychologically compelling, isn't it?
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I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.
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It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest.
