John Simon Quotes
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
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I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.
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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed.
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You come in to work, put that game face on, leave your problems at home, stay strong.
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It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a lake near Everglades City, Deep Lake, and large tarpon show up in that lake, 30 miles from the sea.
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I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
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Hungary needs Russia.
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It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.
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So much tension around here in New York. They want to fine you for every little thing you do.
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There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.
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What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.
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It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does.
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All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.
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If Christianity is wine and Islam coffee, Buddhism is most certainly tea.
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The gods help them that help themselves.
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There was a time that human rights was not even an issue in this country. Then prisoners' rights became an issue.
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The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.
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We can know that the Christian God cannot exist. If he is all-powerful and all-good, as Christians maintain, there would not have been, for instance, the Holocaust. This is an inherent self-contradiction. So if Christians insist on having a God, they can do so, but if they have any respect for logic they'll have to redefine who he is.
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I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and Kirk Douglas is the only movie star I ever met.
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We like to be the largest outside investor, and the first outside investor.
