John Searles Quotes
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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I went to a French immersion school, and French-Canadian improv is a big thing, and we had an improv team at school, and 12 of us would get up and make things up against other elementary schools. I'd always wanted to perform, and that was just another extension of it.
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I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
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I have seen a lot of people, including myself, make a lot of tip money because of 'Black Water,' so this is a full circle moment. To collaborate and recreate this iconic song is just an amazing moment as an artist.
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You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.
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The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
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We've been together 32 years and married for 27.
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If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.
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Who is going to educate the human race in the principles and practice of conservation?
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Outside Adelaide, Australia: '...they showed us some of the native aborigines at a wayside station in the great plain yesterday afternoon though they are the most revolting form of living creatures I've ever seen !! They are the lowest known form of human beings & are the nearest thing to monkeys I've ever seen' (11 July 1920)
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That little, small voice in your mind and in your heart that makes you curious about being vegan is something you should listen to, because that’s the sound of your conscience making you be compassionate.
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There's something really nice about writing something on Wednesday and watching it being performed live for a studio audience on Tuesday. You never really get that with novels.
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If someone is a known spectacular quantity, then they're probably working in a job and very happy with that.
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Racism kills people. It kills people!
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People who fail focus on what they will have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end.
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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.
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I don't run a non-profit. There are lots of non-profits in America - in Detroit, parts of Wall Street, etc. I run a not for profit. We're a business. The only difference is that instead of selling soap or sneakers, we sell hope and leadership.
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Just because people are related doesn't always make the difference it should.
