John M. Ford Quotes
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Quotes to Explore
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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Then as everything, like I say, things started to come together, when things started to go our way, that's when you results started to come. I was no different driver. I was certainly learning every time I went in the car.
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My passion was reading newspapers - and I became curious, in particular, about Islam and the Arab world.
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The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore.
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Out of nowhere, I became a fairly well-known director with a penchant for opera, which I did for 10 years. Then I realized I was taking myself out the theater channel, and so I re-focused on theater.
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The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
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America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.
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Do not thy passions counteract What thy lips utter? Thy going in thy course into valleys, Dark without lights. And mine were his words. And mine were his languages.
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I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.
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Putin should simply be called a dictator.
Garry Kasparov -
I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.
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When I was growing up they used to say, “Robin, drugs can kill you." Now that I’m 58 my doctor’s telling me, “Robin, you need drugs to live." I realize now that my doctor is also a dealer…
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I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.
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The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.
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It's extremely important for people to be informed and to be educated and to know what's going in their community and in their country, but every now and then you just kind of want to turn the brain off for a little bit and just laugh and be silly.
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There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.
