John Perez Quotes
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
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I definitely consider myself a Christian. There's things that I believe in, there's things I have a self-belief on. I know I got a great relationship with God and the universe. I just believe in being a righteous person and karma. Doing unto others as you would have done unto you. I really want to help teach that.
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I don't think I've been in a supporting role in any of the plays I've done, ever.
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If I lift any weights, I do it more for explosion, but I really use my body weight to build up muscle and strength.
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I'm glad I made business investments, because it gave me the confidence financially to make brave choices. If I hadn't done that, I'd still have been trying to play 19-year-olds in films. I know there are other avenues for me.
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Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.
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We can't afford not to fully fund education.
