John Shelton Reed Quotes
The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern?
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but that's a concern no matter what kind of movie you're dealing with.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
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I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.
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Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'
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I have lived longer than you. I have thought more, and I have suffered more. And I tell you there is more truth to the fundamental nature of things in the most foolish fairy tales than there is in any of your complaints against life.
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By nature, men love newfangledness.
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I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.
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I think when I was doing 'Amistad,' I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that, I hadn't really got involved. It was just somehow - and I thought that the artistry was all in the theater.
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern?
