John Singleton Quotes
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.
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What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I spent ten years riding motorcycles.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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Until I carried my wife off to New Hampshire, she defined wilderness as the Bronx.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
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Louise Wilson told me she wanted to see more of the 1997 show. And so I needed to reissue that.
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Let no man's deathbed be a futon.
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Producing, in television, we're in the business of voyeurism.
