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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Divine the Powers that on this trio wait. Supreme their conquest, over Time and Fate. Love, Work, and Faith - these three alone are great.
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Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.
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The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.
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I make different choices in regards to the stories I want to be a part of. In my mind, it's a totally different medium. Commercials are little skits, and movies are stories; I became a little more picky in my choices for stories that I wanted to be involved in.
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The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death...
