John Oldham Quotes
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indian perspective... I think, for myself, I'm trying to put the Indian perspective in a different dimension.
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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.
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For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only part of the story.
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At the end of life, at the end of YOUR life, what essence emerges? What have you filled the world with? In remembering you, what words will others choose?
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I think the blues is the best literature that we as blacks have created since we've been here. I call it our 'sacred book.' What I've attempted to do is to mine that field, to mine those cultural ideas and attitudes and give them to my characters.
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As a youth, I always did a good deal of reading in the summer months, having suffered since birth from an allergy to athletic activity.
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Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame.
