John Rampton Quotes
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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No amount of debt restructuring, even debt forgiveness, will help the Greeks achieve real prosperity. What they need is not short-term relief but, rather, a long-term cure.
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I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Some of my clothes are things that we'd play dress up with when we were little, and it's funny that now I'm wearing it, like, as an everyday thing. But if I say 'vintage' or 'thrifted' on the blog, there's this community of fashion bloggers, and I've become sort of tight with some of them, and we, like, just send each other packages.
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There are over 20 federal agencies that provide some, or all, of the steps in the export process. This can paint a very confusing and intimidating picture for small companies who often don't have designated export officials or trade representatives on staff to navigate the process for their businesses.
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When I left college I thought - based on a staggeringly inadequate understanding of how the world worked - that I might like to go into book publishing.
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Sometimes hearing the stories is going to change people's lives much more than if they read it.
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We all remember the people who won the World Series and not the guy who struck out.
