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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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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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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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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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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I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.
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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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Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason.
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I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to say what they can't say in real life with friends and work colleagues - things that they know are wrong, but they still want to say. Is it right? No, of course not. People say some disgusting, vile things.
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Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.
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Having cancer is one thing; looking like you have cancer is another thing. It's a disease that already takes so much.
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The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another.
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Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
