John Mortimer Quotes
All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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When people talk about the great quarterbacks, it's almost exclusively the guys who have won Super Bowls. There have been some very good ones who hardly get mentioned because they never won the big one. I don't know if that's fair, but that's the way it is.
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The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community.
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I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.
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Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.
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No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
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The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
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There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and prosaic with the poison of life.
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The U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her father. Today an American child can reasonably expect not to. Fatherlessness is now approaching a rough parity with fatherhood as a defining feature of American childhood.
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All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
