John Sayles Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
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When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days a week outdoors. I go in the canyons around L.A., Malibu - just around L.A. there's a lot of different spots.
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You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
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You don't have to give up who you are to be successful just because you're different.
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With every day that passes, David Blunkett becomes more insensitive in his language and more intemperate in his actions.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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I just feel abstinence is the right thing to do. You don't want to ruin the experience of first sex with your wife, by comparing it to what you've done before.
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Michael Moore, whether you like him or hate him, has done something very important.
