John Holt Quotes
Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears ready-made and built-in, we use their fears as handles to manipulate them and get them to do what we want
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I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.
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Improv relies just as much on listening as it does you delivering dialogue. That's the hard for some people. Some people just concentrate on what they're going to say, and they're not listening. You have to listen in order to see where the other person is going to.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.
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It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills.
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I believe in 'soulmates,' especially growing up and seeing how much my parents loved each other. They always said that they had been married in past lives, too.
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I love it when a guy compliments my vibe.
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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
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I'm marriable. But I'm not married.
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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
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This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.
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I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.
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I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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I’ve given pure sex appeal very little thought. If I had to think about it I’m sure it would frighten me.
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Say yes to everything.
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My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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Religion originates in the child's and young mankind's fears and need for help. It cannot be otherwise.
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Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears ready-made and built-in, we use their fears as handles to manipulate them and get them to do what we want
