John J. Mack Quotes
Ethical is 'I'll wait and do what's right even in the hardest times and even if I have to give up gains to do it.'
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Broadway is really my life.
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My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
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Many people send me letters in England saying, 'I want to be a war photographer,' and I say, go out into the community that you live in. There's wars going on out there; you don't have to go halfway around the world on an airplane where there are bombs and shells. There are social wars that are worthwhile.
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Working as a teaboy may have helped my confidence, but not everyone else was so pleased. I could never remember who had milk or how many sugars, and I had an unusual talent for spilling tea on the recording console.
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My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
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My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.
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Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.
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Ethical is 'I'll wait and do what's right even in the hardest times and even if I have to give up gains to do it.'
