John Sterling Quotes
Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
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I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
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Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.
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History develops, art stands still.
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I personally like to do independent films.
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It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forced to stay together.
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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.
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Love is the law, love under will.
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Since its founding, I've been friends with ModCloth's cofounders and many of its executives and investors. I have long imagined we would one day belong under one roof with that brand as a force in the future of apparel.
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If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad, and to describe some fictional enterprises as false is pointless.
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I want to emphasize that character in our leaders does matter.
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Ignorance is bliss, or so we're told. Personally, I find ignorance is also destiny.
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When I'm DJing for two hours, I might play two or three Smiths songs.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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Stewart Copeland is an amazing drummer. I just wish he didn't think he was amazing. Sting is a lovely bloke. We've become friends. I felt honored to be on stage with him at Live Aid.
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Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
