John Hughes Quotes
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration with the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, which is 15 elementary schools in the Twin Cities.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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I have visited people whose health has been endangered by tar sands oil. I have watched neighbors struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. I have seen solar panels and wind turbines become an increasingly familiar part of the landscape.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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I'm going to always rise above the doubt that may exist about me.
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
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The big problems are where people don't realise they have one in the first place.
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My grandfather and I were very close.
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I've had some experience in this arena. So it wasn't foreign to me to have a woman say she doesn't want to see me anymore.
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It is an act of evil to accept the state of evil as either inevitable or final.
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Disruptive technologies typically enable new markets to emerge. There is strong evidence showing that companies entering these emerging markets early have significant first-mover advantages over later entrants.
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We don’t forgive being as we are.
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To the valiant actions speak alone.
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I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me.
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What's the difference between me and Mark Udall on contraception? I believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, around the clock, without a prescription. Cheaper and easier for you.
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Experience is the best teacher. But in our day and time, what we need is wisdom, because wisdom overcomes experience, because experience is wisdom, but there's a level of wisdom that overcomes the experience, and that's the experience that's already lived by others. I'm not trying to repeat the histories. I already learned from what they did.
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Faith is blind...to impossibilities and deaf to doubt. It listens only to God.
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I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly.
