John Locke Quotes
That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been.
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My credentials, briefly: I no longer go to church or believe in God, but I can still name every one of the fruits of the Spirit and reeled for days upon hearing the announcement that Audio Adrenaline was reunited with one of the singers from DC Talk.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.
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If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
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I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.
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Mexico is the only country in the world that has a trade agreement with United States and Canada, and at the same time has one with Europe. These are the two largest markets in the world. By the same token, Mexico has one of the most open economies.
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I wasn't very ambitious as a child. I'm still not.
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One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.
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To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
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I don't really dissect too much when ideas come - they just kind of pop into my head; I just take them and run.
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I grew up in Alsace - in Strasbourg, by the canal; the family business was coal handling. It was still in the days when three generations would live under the same roof. There were 15 people for lunch, 20 for dinner.
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Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead.
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That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
