John Skipper Quotes
I have this thing I used to say at home and in the office: If somebody is calling, unless it's somebody who can fire me, I'll call them back later.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.
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I don't go out anywhere. I don't go to nightclubs, so meeting somebody in the nightclub is out of question.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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Three quarks for Muster Mark! (383.1)
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Protest poetry -- could there be consensus poetry?
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Living in literature and love is the best thing there is. You're always home.
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Fire Yourself. Outsource some of your life. Because you know what won't be cute on a tombstone? 'Her grind was impeccable, and she did it all by herself.'
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I just don't fit into the box.
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I have this thing I used to say at home and in the office: If somebody is calling, unless it's somebody who can fire me, I'll call them back later.
