John O'Neill Quotes
I don't want my kids going through what I went through - police stopping you, searching you and all that malarkey.
Quotes to Explore
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A novel is not a rant.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.
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There was a time in my life when one aspect of my lifestyle called for watching a lot of television.
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He was a very strict father, which in a way has helped me to become who I am today. He never pampered me, as he wanted me to live a normal life. No film magazines were allowed at home, and we weren't allowed to watch any movies.
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I never go anywhere without a book for fear of being stuck in line in front of the theater or strapped down in the dentist's chair and being bored witless. Thus, I read everywhere.
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To have survived in radio for 30 years is pretty remarkable. Even more remarkable is to have been able to do it in the same market I've lived in my whole life.
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There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.
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Starting in my teens, I was always standing on the corner near our apartment singing harmony with friends. We'd also go to the park and sing under the bridge near the lake for the echo. When it was cold out, we'd stand in the little heated lobby in the project's administration building, where my mom paid the rent each month.
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A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.
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But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.
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Stand up for what you know is right.
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My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing.
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I don't want my kids going through what I went through - police stopping you, searching you and all that malarkey.
