John Hughes Quotes
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When two people in an intimate-couple relationship look at their interactions as opportunities to learn about themselves instead of change each other, they are infusing their relationship with the energy of spiritual partnership.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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I would have loved to have been a cricketer.
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I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.
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I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.
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It's really nice to be in something that you really love and want to share with people. And then, for it to actually get shown and for people to be able to see it is awesome. It's really exciting.
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I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits.
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The Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great bands, but that was in the '60s.
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Sunday, I go to church; I take the day off. I rest.
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When I was a kid, I just figured we'd be living on the moon by the year 2000.
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Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
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There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
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You can get through your whole day only around people who will tell you that you're wonderful. But pretty soon they're going to have to be lying about that.
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The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches, and then moves on.
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Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine. A young man in love is essentially enraptured by the forces within himself.
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I always thought I was going to die before I was 60.
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The families of Aboriginals who have died in custody in NSW will suffer again because of these white lies.
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No one wants their personal emails made public, and I think most people understand that and respect that privacy.
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Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If it isn't ethical, it can't be beautiful. But if it isn't beautiful, it probably shouldn't be at all.'
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If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn't matter whether you're bold or cowardly, or whether you're stupid or intelligent. Doesn't get you anywhere.
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What a director should be doing is making it appear as though there was no script.
