John Ralston Saul Quotes
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I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.
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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
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I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would have a story at the pub or at parties, even at the clubs and raves.
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It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing.
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It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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Ignoring all prejudices of caste, creed, class, color, sex, or race, a swami follows the precepts of human brotherhood. His goal is absolute unity with Spirit.
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Politics swings like a pendulum.
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My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.
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Time flies so quick. I remember my second year in business when Bullocks Wilshire did a whole window of my white dresses. I was so excited, I went there at night and took pictures.
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I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.
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The collegiate idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.
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Taking responsibility gives me a sense of control.
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It is the historical necessity, if there is a historical necessity in history, that a new decade of electronic television should follow to the past decade of electronic music.
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What can they see in the longest kingly line in Europe, save that it runs back to a successful soldier?
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Be there as the witnessing presence of your inner state. You don’t have to do anything. With the awareness comes transformation and freedom.
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I think we have a really good work ethic, and we’re committed to not only being professional on set but also working hard to do what it takes to get the job. But I also think having an Aussie accent is a bit of a drawcard! It’s something different and people seem to like it-let’s just go with that!
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If we did but know how we rush into one evil while seeking to avoid another, we should have no resolution to shun any thing.
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Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.
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So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.
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You have only 30 seconds with a new person. I will give you a hug so you know I’m real, and then you’re real too.
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My dad is a carpenter, a joiner, and I used to watch him make things. So I always imagined that I'd do something where I made things, too. I was really more interested in architecture growing up because I would work with my dad on houses.
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Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.
