John Ralston Saul Quotes
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.
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I love parties. I love a good time.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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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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When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you have no right to complain, really. I guess it's more of an appeal to the powers that be that the less they interfere, the more likely, actually, they are to get something that works, I think.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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I've been working a long time; it was a slow burn. But I'm grateful it's been like that.
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I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest.
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One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.
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When you go to an audition, don't hang on to it because no matter how well you feel it went or how badly, you just never know what the outcome is going to be.
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A book's flaws make it less predictable.
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My parents were immigrants. And the place for all immigrants was the factories. They were the source of cheap labor.
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Content is an obstacle to the exercise of power.
