John Kendrick Bangs Quotes
Bring forth the raisins and the nuts- Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts Along the moonlit way.
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
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Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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I'm curvy.
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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
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The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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If you're smart and you care about life, you'll take driving seriously.
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The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.
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It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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It took me a long time to get to a position where I can feel that, with my art, I'm capable of saying what I need to say, and once I finish it, I can sit back and say, "It's done, and I'm okay with that. People can judge it good or bad, and it doesn't matter. I'm okay with it because I said something I needed to say." That's a really hard place to get, as an artist.
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Most people are really dedicated to doing good things.
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In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else Ive ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination.
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Sometimes a clearly defined error is the only way to discover the truth
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Bring forth the raisins and the nuts- Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts Along the moonlit way.
