John Knoll Quotes
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One school invited me down, as two pupils had come out, and the headmaster didn't know what to do about it. I said, 'How many students here are gay?' and he said, 'Just these two.' Clearly not. 'How many gay members of staff have you got?' He had no idea. And this was a concerned man.
Ian Mckellen -
My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
Jack Bowman -
Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
Narendra Modi -
Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
Ikue Mori -
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.
Sir Isaac Brock KB
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My number one job at the end of the day is to entertain.
Victoria Aveyard -
I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.
Naguib Mahfouz -
If I am in London I like a quick get away to The Olde Bell in Hurley... It's nearby and no stress - great food and beautiful walks.
Sadie Frost -
There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on imports. All reform moves are resisted. Bureaucrats are hesitant to take bold decisions.
Veerappa Moily -
I have no literary fears.
Carlos Fuentes -
September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.
Lamar Alexander
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Hema ji is a dedicated artist and a perfectionist who continues to rehearse on her lines till she gets them right.
Rakul Preet Singh -
Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.
Rafael dos Anjos -
For the rain it raineth every day.
Rain -
Anyhow, I arrived, and I did feel pretty weird, actually, as if I’d left something behind. My head or something.
Tanith Lee -
Everywhere - all over Africa and South America … you see these suburbs springing up. They represent the optimum of what people want. There's a certain sort of logic leading towards these immaculate suburbs. And they're terrifying, because they are the death of the soul … This is the prison this planet is being turned into.
J. G. Ballard -
I am ashamed of belonging to the species Homo Sapiens...You & I may be thankful to have lived in happier times – you more than I, because you have no children.
Bertrand Russell
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Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.
George Carman -
A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
Macaulay Culkin -
We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are responsible for its glories and for its failures and, most important, we are responsible for amending those failures no matter who are their most immediate architects.
Charlie Pierce -
Pornography takes all the reality out of sex and Disney does that to family life.
Jarvis Cocker Pulp -
Professionally, the first time I sang was on 'Alice Upside Down.' It was the first movie that I did, and I had this little mini singing part.
Bridgit Mendler -
Almost everything I've been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.
John Knoll