John McEnroe Quotes
The greatest compliment I ever got was when people called me an artist, and I understand that solo aspect of being an artist, when you're in there by yourself, trying to do something great, and people who don't even know you can come up and just dump on you.
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.
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My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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I am all for controlling guns.
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People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all the information you needed to be much more astute than the people there, when the truth is of course you wouldn't.
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It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band.
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Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.
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I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.
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As soon as I went to painting school in New York, I took an experimental film course, and everything clicked and came together. I realized my love of music and drama and the visual arts all came together. This happened in 1989. Since then, it's been a long road of educating myself in every possible way.
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It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!
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The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!
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Do you have the same vision of where industry is going as the target of your acquisition? If visions differ, you might get together economically for a while, but then you are going to have problems.
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The greatest compliment I ever got was when people called me an artist, and I understand that solo aspect of being an artist, when you're in there by yourself, trying to do something great, and people who don't even know you can come up and just dump on you.
