John Sexton Quotes
I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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Any item of clothing that covers the face and makes it impossible to identify individuals is open to abuse.
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I lost my confidence.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.
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I wrote a lot about the need for an information appliance. I think we've pretty much arrived at one: the iPad. A child could figure out how to use it quickly. Compare it to a DOS computer or even an Apple II; it's no longer nearly as much of a hassle or a mystery.
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Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting terrorism is manifestly important, the measures taken seem, simultaneously, absurd.
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By nature, I suppose I have a languorous disposition.
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Sex has never been an obsession with me. It's just like eating a bag of crisps. Quite nice, but nothing marvellous.
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There's been a lot of wedding songs and proposals. It's cool because when they play it at weddings so, it means a lot to them. That's a big deal. They're always going to remember 'Head Over Boots' as played at their wedding.
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I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns.
