John Lloyd Quotes
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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What's the right way to think about the distribution part of Steam? You need to worry about viruses and people trying to publish other people's content, but the underlying thing is to eliminate that barrier between people who create stuff and people who want to have access to it.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I always grew up watching things transform, and a lot of that was what we would call trash.
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When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not.
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When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't.
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy.
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I probably did pack a lifetime's work into the 1980s.
