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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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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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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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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I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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One cabbie chastened me by saying that the fashion industry was doing harm to young people, who are trying to live up to an unrealistic ideal. It prompted me to make body image and diversity key issues on 'The Business of Fashion.'
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People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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Industrial agriculture characteristically proceeds by single solutions to single problems: If you want the most money from your land this year, grow the crops for which the market price is highest.
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Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.
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Eventually you get bored and you want to work.
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Going to film school just made me love it. Before film school, I didn't really think much of acting. I was more into making music, but going to school and learning about it every day, it made me grow profound respect for the art.
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'Villain' is such a harsh word.
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This was a time when I intentionally failed to drop bread crumbs for my return journey; instead, I ate them.
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None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did.
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Turkey is the gateway to the east for Europe, and the gateway to Europe for the east. We have a bridging function that Europe shouldn't underestimate.
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The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.
