John M. Ford Quotes
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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Experience by itself is not science.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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I like seeing girls throw down.
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To be very honest, I never thought I would graduate from high school. I got very lucky to get into an alternative high school, which really saved my butt.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars.
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I don't think that technology is going to allow for greater subjugation of people. I think it's gonna give them more freedom.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
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Our weights fluctuate: Some people gain or lose, even friends who are average size. If I would say 'I'm fat,' my friends would say, 'Don't say that!' And I'd think, 'Are you offended, you can't handle the word? Or do you think I am embarrassed?'
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Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed.
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Things slow down, the ball seems a lot bigger and you feel like you have more time. Everything computes - you have options, but you always take the right one.
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The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions.
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When we are children, people show us so many things that we lose the profound sense of seeing... And just how could adults show us the world they have lost! They know; they think they know; they say they know...
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We're not lost. We're locationally challenged.
