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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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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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.
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As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
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I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.
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My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.
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When I'm out with my girlfriends at the bar, and I see some young 18-year old boy, just for fun I say, 'Hi honey. Do you like girls? Do you like girls exclusively? Oh, good.'
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Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different.
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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
