John Sladek Quotes
In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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It's been my experience that every time I think I know where it's at, it's usually somewhere else.
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Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.
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The fire first has to be laid before the match can be put to it.
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You didn’t understand what he was saying, until he kissed you. It was a kiss of such complicity, of such uncomplicated sympathy, that you felt for the first time not alone in your suffering.
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Evolution actually involves much more than life arising from non-life by natural means. Evolution really does away with God, and thus allows people to explain their existence without any supernatural being involved.
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In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.
