John Howard Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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Water for me is so essential, like swimming.
Nastassja Kinski -
Elves are cool, man.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That's the only difference. Don't put any thought as to why you are on the stage or how you need to be 'better' than the people in the audience. You aren't better. You're simply the speaker.
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Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.
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The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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You must understand the feeling of originating as opposed to imitating.
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Nobody should underestimate how much the world changed on the 11th of September 2001.
