John Searles Quotes
I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.
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You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
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I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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There are certain things that I do - I don't eat chicken or pork. I stay away from red meat a lot; I eat fish most of the time. I think it makes me feel cleaner, not just body wise. I feel good.
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Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
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I am endlessly inspired by both the tenderness that can exist between two people and the excitement of falling in love. I'm very fortunate that I've been able to explore that in novels, a television show, some early development film projects, and essays about my own life.
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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
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When kings the sword of justice first lay down,They are no kings, though they possess the crown.Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,The good of subjects is the end of kings.
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Ishta-devata and Guru are aids - very powerful aids on this path. But an aid to be effective requires your effort also. Your effort is a sine qua non. It is you who should see the sun. Can spectacles and the sun see for you? You yourself have to see your true nature. Not much aid is required for doing it!
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My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.
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ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι
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Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.
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I am not really into buying a lot of expensive things.
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I've always been independent. I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.
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We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.
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Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.
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Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.
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Technologically, I live in the 17th century; I don't have a computer, I don't have any of that stuff. I don't look at the Internet, although I know people tell me I'm all over it. Somebody told me they Googled me, and they said I was mentioned two million times, some stupid thing... but who cares?
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I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.
