John Simon Quotes
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I'm kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you've figured it out is when you're going to struggle.
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When I'm not working, I'm on the road with my band. Or I'm performing in poetry houses doing spoken work. So I've got another passion and another outlet that allows me to be creatively fulfilled and not sitting at home pulling my hair out waiting for the right role to come along.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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I don't think things have changed for me. Yes, I got a big contract, but my focus is still the same.
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I have studied at the school of the world.
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Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are.
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It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.
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I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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I love 'Glee.'
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Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.
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There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living.
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Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.
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Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years, but it seems largely hidden from the world of commerce.
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My hustle is nonstop. I never stop hustling.
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I don't see scarey films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
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Her blue eyes sought the west afar,For lovers love the western star.
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I have no intention of telling people what I have for breakfast.
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Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
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Like springs, adaptations can only go downhill.
