John Motson (John Walker Motson) Quotes
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
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My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.
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It is everybody's wish to work with Mani Ratnam.
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A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.
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Rapping is the only time I'm serious.
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On Quora, you're not answering questions because you want to get points or because you have nothing else to do.
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Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record.
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Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.
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The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles.
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There was a woman in Elizabeth I's court that happened to have the same family name as me.
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I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
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There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.
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That shot might not have been as good as it might have been.
