John Rampton Quotes
Sometimes success means having the right idea in the right place at the right time. Other times, it's about not being afraid to quit and move onto something new.
Quotes to Explore
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing cricket, I wasn't happy. I would just sit and cry. I was very young. He was too young; he shouldn't have gone. Cricket is all right. We all play sport. Good and bad days come.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
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I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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I get a great high from writing.
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A lot of time, I'd spell things in standard English instead of phonetically because I want people to understand what's going on. It's also very lyrical, and the great thing about lyrical prose is even when you're not totally sure of the words, you can be swayed by the musicality of it.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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I am a newspaper columnist and a professional screenwriter, but my real love is the novel for all the room it has for characters to come alive and breathe and face their challenges.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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Elegance is elimination.
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Sometimes success means having the right idea in the right place at the right time. Other times, it's about not being afraid to quit and move onto something new.
