John Surtees Quotes
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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In September 2005, I was three things: the media blogger for 'FishbowlNY,' a maniacal Daily Show fan, and the only person to smuggle a tape recorder and camera into a big Magazine Publishers of America event featuring Jon Stewart interviewing five hotshot magazine editors in an unbelievable bloodbath.
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I didn't like playing with dolls; I didn't like getting dressed up. A lot of my friends and people I went to school with were into fashion and their clothes, so I lacked a bit of self-belief and confidence... I wasn't really comfortable.
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It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels painful to decide what has to go.
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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I mean, Internet radio, which is basically a guy with his iTunes putting it over the computer, is the only way you're going to get true eclectic music programmed.
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The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.
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You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything that you carried forward for yourself.
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
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People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
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God is a verb, not a noun.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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I'm not a horror guy, it's not my thing, but I respect it a lot. I know how hard it is to make, especially to make good.
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Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?
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I don't find it easy dealing with people with drug problems. It helps if you're all taking drugs, all the same drugs.
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Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
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I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.
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If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it.
