John Lahr Quotes
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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Life only has narrative when we frame it and edit it and call it certain things.
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His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg.
