John Ray Quotes
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Anything that anybody wants to give me is great! I've had folk songs, heavy metal songs, jewellery... I would never call anything any fan gives me weird, as it's how people express what they like about the books, what it means to them, and that's a wonderful thing.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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No matter how you cut them, paste them, rotate them, or distort them, lip syncing and air-guitar playing are fundamentally foolish activities, and anyone seen to be engaging in them with anything approaching a straight face is, by definition, taking herself or himself much too seriously.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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I theorize that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to human beings. At one end is material consciousness. At the other end is what we call 'field' consciousness, where a person is at one with the universe, perceiving the universe. Just by looking at our planet on the way back, I saw or felt a field consciousness state.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.
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As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.
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We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.
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I believe in the power of weakness.
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I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.
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If I wrote a Jewish superhero, he'd have awesome time-traveling powers. I'd call him Doctorow.
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Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.
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On 'Chatroom,' everyone was so nice, and we had a really great time together; we were around the same age and got on really well.
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I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.
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How can you practice dancing in an airplane? There's a law against it.
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A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
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What a squalid and irresponsible little profession it is. Nothing prepares you for how bad Fleet Street really is until it craps on you from a great height.
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I do feel like plus-size fashion is changing, but it's slowly changing. It's not growing as fast as we would all like.
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In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.
