John Locke Quotes
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Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to reflect that. People say, 'Oh, it's done by 40,' and now everyone knows it's not. I actually feel like the roles are a lot more interesting.
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I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.
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I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
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Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
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I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.
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We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
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One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I've seen it three times, is Bondarchuk's 'War and Peace.' Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.
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Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
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Some people think the world will end in 2012. I think we've got until 2014. I'm an optimist.
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Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
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During my many years in international business and public life, I have had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with people with whom I completely disagreed, in practice and principle: Soviet communists, heads of state from various unsavory regimes, benighted religious figures, corrupt business leaders.
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I can still feel unsure in myself, and l'm still insecure about certain things, but my desire to be happy and my desire to be free is very strong.
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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
