John Hughes Quotes
I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists.
Quotes to Explore
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!
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I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
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Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothes, but sometimes women don't know how to mix them.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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I was shocked to find out that 1 in 4 women are affected by domestic violence at some point in their lifetime. So many women never tell anyone that they are being abused by their partner. I have joined the 'Real Man' Women's Aid campaign to show that real men don't abuse women and that a real man will always stand up against domestic violence.
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I don't want to be that girl who has that same style all the time where the music always sounds exactly the same, and you always know it's her.
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I don’t know why jazz critics don’t like contemporary jazz. I think a lot of them feel that straightahead jazz has to be championed by them. And I think there’s resentment involved that the kind of music I’m playing will sell more, and has more radio play.
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The feel of music today is all techno and computerized and takes away the soul. The importance of jamming together with the group and live musicians and becoming one and being live … creating a song from scratch is the highest form of communication. It brings people together. The young artists today don’t realize what they’re sacrificing. The human touch and the human factor.
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I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists.
