John Romero Quotes
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.
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All my life, I have been surrounded by the track. The week I was born, Dad took me to training. I do recall at some stage being pushed around in a pram on a track. I have a lot of inspiration from him. To see him carrying the Sydney Olympic torch really ignited my dream. As a coach, he knows the in and outs of race walking and technique.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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The latest technology is not always good for anything except to the producers of the technology.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely.
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I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what happens to me. Whatever happens to me - you could quantify it as good or bad - I romanticize it. I think along the lines of 'When that thing happened, it made me who I am.' That kind of thing. It's a different way of being romantic.
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With social media, people share mostly their best moments. Don't feel like you're not doing enough when you see a mom posting about making applesauce after you bought it. Ha ha! It's fine! Just for raising a little human being, you should be commended.
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The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
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My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.
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The effect of depleted uranium, used by America in the Gulf War, is never referred to.
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God's role in superintending our world and our lives is neither absentee landlord nor micromanager.
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You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly people who want to help others optimize their physical and psychological health, and then have them run a claims-processing operation for insurance companies.
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I always think today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow is better than today.
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I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white population is understood.
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I don't change. The things around me change.
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I was there, the day that Horus killed the Emperor
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Doom 2 is just such a bigger, badder, better version of Doom
