John Searles Quotes
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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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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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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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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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You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.
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You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.
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Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.
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Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a main character. I surrender the book to her.
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The one thing that did stand out in my memory was the fact that he had a well documented association with Heroin. Growing up with a somewhat myopic view of the world, I could not understand how it was that people could put a drug user on such a high pedestal (If you will pardon the pun).
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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I've inherited so much culture, beauty, and love, and I'm the perfect mix of Philomena.
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Donald Trump is like Hillary Clinton said, a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons. You can`t do it.
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Just because people are related doesn't always make the difference it should.
