John Marston Quotes

I'm a semi-literate farmer and hired killer. I ain't in the power game.

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• I have great stories. I am going to write a book.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Great
  • Book
  • Stories

• If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'

  

  Felix Feneon
  • Never
  • Eternity
  • Studying

• I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy.

  

  Adam Pally
  • Guy
  • Pretty
  • You

• I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Wish
  • Myself
  • Employer

• If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.

  

  Laura Moser
  • Happy
  • Change
  • Myself

• Most of the Jewish refugees, stripped of their considerable possessions, came to Israel. They were welcomed by the Jewish state. They were given shelter and support, and they were integrated into Israeli society together with half a million survivors of the European Holocaust.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Together
  • Society
  • Support

• Sometimes I think that when people become famous, there's a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don't have feelings; they don't get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • People
  • Hurt
  • Famous

• A lot of people I've played with see me as a scorer and a shooter. I'm still fast and everything like that, but then, when they see me dunk, it's like 'Oh, damn.'

  

  Zach LaVine
  • People
  • Me
  • Fast

• In June 1992, I discovered a lump in my breast. A subsequent mammogram, ultrasound and a needle biopsy proved negative. But my instinct said it still didn't feel right, so I had a lumpectomy. I then got the news that it was cancer.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
  • Cancer
  • Said
  • News

• All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Free
  • Technology
  • Options

• I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • You
  • Space
  • Never

• There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Book
  • Movie
  • Black

• Whenever I see a forecast written out to two decimal places, I cannot help but wonder if there is a misunderstanding of the limitations of the data, and an illusion of precision.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Help
  • Wonder
  • Illusion

• You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

  

  Ted Williams
  • You
  • Play
  • Big

• Argument is not always truth.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • Truth
  • Argument

• I kick-kick game, can't injure Nicki. That's why they nick-nicknamed me Ninja Nicki.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Why
  • Game
  • Games

• I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself.

  

  Chet Baker
  • Believe
  • Die
  • Nice

• Thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.

  

  William Cowper
  • Home
  • Wealth
  • Corruption

• The waiter just flashed me something that said, "Chew bubblegum." Every morning, when I was about to go to the Oprah competition, my friend used to say this line in a video game to me: "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum." There's a strict policy that you can't encourage anyone on a reality show, that would give them an edge.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Time
  • Game
  • Reality

• When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7.

  

  Paul Pierce
  • Giving
  • Team
  • Games

• We needed to be strong after we got the lead, but we let them back in it. We need to beat this team since we have eight games with them. We have some games left with Montreal, so we need to stay within striking distance.

  

  Brian Leetch
  • Team
  • Games
  • Montreal

• The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

  

  Ben Nicholson
  • Soul
  • Greed
  • Corruption

• I'm a semi-literate farmer and hired killer. I ain't in the power game.

  

  John Marston
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