John Rampton Quotes
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I was married for 36 years but now I'm free.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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Making music is fantastic.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.
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Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think that our broadcast is a support to this antiwar movement.
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Unlike the masses, intellectuals have a taste for rationality and an interest in facts.
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Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.
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I love the BlackBerry. I'm on it all the time. I literally wrote my whole book, 'Unwrap Your Sweet Life,' on the BlackBerry while I was working out on the StairMill. So many people tease me about having a BlackBerry, but I meet a lot of people who still use one. Obama has a BlackBerry!
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I find in most circumstances, people leave bosses, not companies.