John Strachan Quotes
The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.
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I will know him by his eyes.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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My eyelashes are divas, so they will like a mascara brand one week or for a month, and then they'll just stop working for it. I go back and forth between Maybelline and Cover Girl, and then I carry around a primer, too.
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I have sometimes thought that all professional lectures on rationality should be delivered while wearing a clown suit, to prevent the audience from confusing seriousness with solemnity.
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Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
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A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumour, and survival a thing beyond the bounds of possibility.
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'Skins' had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment; it tried new things, and it was an amazing time and amazing to be part of it.
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You've given me strength to find home.
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The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.
