John Leo Quotes
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.
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I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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You can't call me a Twitter phenomenon or a YouTube one. These things are useful, but so's hard gigging. One year I did 311 shows. I did six in one night alone.
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I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.
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You have to be a champion in all facets of life.
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Men who never get carried away should be.
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'The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.'
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I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.
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I don't plan my roles or my films.
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Ask yourself, how can I learn from the people around me. Often, your mentors are already in your life; you just haven't yet found a way to learn from them.
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If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.
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The concepts of biochemical genetics have already been, and will undoubtedly continue to be, significant in broader areas of biology.
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Churches should not be directly involved in politics.
