John Lurie Quotes
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
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I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people; it's not as stuffy as the English one.
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Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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My dad wouldn't let me date until I was 16.
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Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
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I never imagined what it would be like to spend a 12-hour day crying and covered in blood.
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I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I don't have a uniform on my body, but my uniform now is my scars and weapon is my words, so I'm still serving.
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My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.
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Before I came to Bollywood, lot of people told me that here things are not very professional, but I've had no such experience.
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My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
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He punched me. If that's his best punch, he'll be in trouble some day.
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All the vested interests and people who profit by war will - with the journals they control - resolutely oppose any reduction of armaments.
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You have to follow and honor that inner voice. I always encouraged the girls to do the same.
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We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
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If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a traditionalist. That is what readers care about. It's what I care about as a reader. Now if I can have that along with a strong girding of ideas and some kind of exciting technical forays - then that is just the jackpot.
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True love comes along after adolescence, when we have learned not to cry for nothing.
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Directing is for pussies.
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I've never gotten used to winter and never will.
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The fact that the Catholic Church has come to an agreement with Fascist Italy ... proves beyond doubt that the Fascist world of ideas is closer to Christianity than those of Jewish liberalism or even atheistic Marxism.
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Acting scares me.
