John Scott (John Howard Scott) Quotes
The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.
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I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.
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Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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I'm very strange, I'm not going to lie.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.
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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
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I've never been one to bet on the weather.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
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I have always found clowns really fascinating, especially on film. Even as a kid I was never scared of them.
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You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
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A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.
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The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.
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The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.
