John Howard Quotes
The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death...
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being in the theater so much, because the roles tend to be really on the page.
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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Humor is a wonderful way to deal with our suffering because if we can laugh at our troubles, we can feel better. Thich Nhat Hanh is a special man who has helped millions with their suffering with incredible technique. But he doesn't know real suffering, because he has not dated as much as I have.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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I feel like the one insight that's extremely comforting to me about the world is that we all share the same pool of emotion that we draw from.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
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Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that director's vision.
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When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.
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Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.
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O my child, who wronged you first, and beganFirst the dance of death that you dance so well?Soul for soul: and I think the soul of a manShall answer for yours in hell.
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If you can give away free music, you can give away free electricity, free water. Those tiny jabs at a larger infrastructure are what make revolutions.
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The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death...
