John Lithgow Quotes
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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HB2 discriminates against fellow citizens because of who they are. This law directly challenges the legitimacy of the identity of transgender persons and then compels them to deny it every time they use a public restroom.
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I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement.
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Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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Background updating is absolutely the future.
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Sure, men like a challenge - but so do women. And nobody likes to be challenged all the time. I know plenty of long-standing happy couples who slept together right away, spent hours yakking on the phone, split checks down the middle, and lived together for years before the wedding.
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If a reviewer is beating me up, I just say, 'Oh well, my writing is not to his or her taste.' And that's as far as it goes. Because I will simultaneously read a review where somebody says, 'Oh my God, I had so much fun reading this book and I learned so much.'
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Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
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President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We didn't get it, and we were disappointed. But we did not go out and form a corporation to pay for it. That would have been a problem.
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The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.
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The best advice I received came late, and it's this: Don't read the comments section of any story that mentions you!
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And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.
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By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free.
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What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.
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To me, the real opinion polls are the tangible facts: the growing creation of jobs, the number of planning permissions, the number of commercial vans being sold - the signs that the Irish people are regaining confidence.
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I believe that it's an author's job to cast his imagination into the far spaces. Your life should - and I think it's inescapable that it will - inform your work. I'm all for using anything that can make your art better, but your intuition should be an equal partner.
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I eat way too fast.
