John Sergeant Wise Quotes
When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of what it's about, being on your own for three or four years and living day to day on $3, or living in an apartment with no electricity.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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Social media buzz can lead to huge successes when people spread the word about something they love and want to share. But authors creating their own buzz? Making their own noise? It's hard to make a lot of noise on our own about our own work. Except, sadly, negative noise.
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I'm in this music duo called Moors.
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I am sort of a tea addict. I structure my day by cups of tea.
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I am now about to set seriously to work upon preparing for the press an account of my theory of Logic and Probabilities which in its present state I look upon as the most valuable if not the only valuable contribution that I have made or am likely to make to Science and the thing by which I would desire if at all to be remembered hereafter.
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Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person.
