John Phillips Marquand Quotes
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.
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I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.
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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!
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I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
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The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
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Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.
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Bullying is never fun, it's a cruel and terrible thing to do to someone. If you are being bullied, it is not your fault. No one deserves to be bullied, ever.
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As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see that happening lately, you know what I mean? You have a lot of guys is talented, but at the same time, timeless music is more important to me.
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I thought of myself as an adult trapped in a kid's body. Had I known what adulthood was like, I would have embraced childhood a little more.
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I don't photograph anyone if I can't meet with them first because if I don't do that, then they're just going to the dentist and they're filled with fear. They don't know who I am.
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It's the fashion, I tell you: big, tall women going out with tiny, tiny men.
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Again, Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.
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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.
