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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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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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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I'm single-minded. When I'm working on a project, all my attention is there.
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I've tried to approach environmentalism the same way I do my climbing: by setting small, concrete goals that build on each other.
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No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
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I was born in Staten Island, New York. But I call my hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, because that's basically where I ended up from age eight on. But right after Staten Island... I've lived everywhere from Texas, to Japan for three years, to New Jersey. I'm this traveling girl. My father was in the Army, so I guess I'm an Army brat.
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It's the cable shows that are really the most interesting - 'Mad Men,' 'Breaking Bad,' those shows are really the premiere shows on television right now.
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Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters.
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All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
