John John Florence Quotes
I still get scared every time I go out. I get scared taking off; I get scared on the wave, falling, everything. But, you know, growing up with it, I guess you're a little more comfortable.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.
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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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We love our fans and are very connected with our fans.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.
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When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down.
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Changing the DNA of a large, multilateral organization such as the United Nations to deal effectively with modern threats is not easy. Indeed, when the United Nations was created in the wake of World War II, threats came almost exclusively from one state carrying out acts of aggression against another.
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them - the one, in fact, which is not a mask.
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I still get scared every time I go out. I get scared taking off; I get scared on the wave, falling, everything. But, you know, growing up with it, I guess you're a little more comfortable.
