John Ortberg Quotes
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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My thinking musically has always been more advanced - it is difficult to get it down onto paper sometimes, even now.
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If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.
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Utah is America's best place for business because Utahns make it their business to succeed - and we have the track record to prove it.
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Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.
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The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it.
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I tried taking a year off when Pedro was a toddler because I really wanted to be around, but it wasn't good for any of us.
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I'm basically nocturnal.
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There is a real formula to writing music, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. It's very formulaic. The subject matter that you can address in pop music is somewhat restricted. It just doesn't allow that same emotive quality that you can put into poetry.
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Everyone has that friend who's every day, like, 'I hate my nose, I hate my nose, I hate my nose.' You either need to come to peace with it and be like, alright, I hate it, but it's part of me - or change it. So I'm not against plastic surgery, I'm against plastic surgery when it doesn't really need to be done.
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Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.
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The thing that struck me most was the way he stuck to the motif in the 'Flag' and 'Target' paintings by Jasper Johns .. ..the idea of stripes – the rhythm and the interval – the idea of repetition. I began to think a lot about repetition. quote, 1960's
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It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days, we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.
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I like to hike and cook. I enjoy furniture and design - not making it, just looking at it. I'm always kind of trying to spread my interests around and try new things.
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I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.
