John Major Quotes
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups.
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Growing up, I saw my mother cry exactly once. The morning of her brother's funeral. One long tear ran down her cheek through her make up until she caught it near her mouth and patted it dry with a tissue she pulled from inside her sleeve.
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I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.
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Most of the time my own family feels like I don't need anything, I'm tough as nails and I don't have any feelings about anything. They really think that I'm this super tough person. I have a tough exterior, but I get upset. I have feelings and all those things. I wear my heart on my sleeve.
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I believe the gun has no power at all.
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My mother was the center of the family.
