John Mason Brown Quotes
A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
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For me, what I really want to come out of it is to show people that I can hold together a movie, be the number one character and play someone who is twenty or twenty-one.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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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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Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
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As a director, you're a bit of a dictator. But I feel that you're a better director if you're open to other people's ideas. It means that it's tougher: you have to be in a choosing process; you have to put the ego aside. As long as everybody's aiming in the same direction... I'm open to my main partners in the film crew.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
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A lot of bad music sells a million copies; I don't think it's a good litmus test for whether things are going well.
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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
