John Sayles Quotes
I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish in the water.
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
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I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.
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Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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There's nothing wrong in men of God going into politics. It will help them to do what is right.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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My dad hates doing PR, so I volunteered to do this for him.
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It's the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without the suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. Without deficiency, no longing. This is the secret of the human heart, Rom.
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I don't believe in the school of hard knocks, although I've had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.
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It was far in the sameness of the wood; I was running with joy on the Demon's trail, Though I knew what I hunted was no true god.
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My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.
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I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish in the water.
