John Taylor Gatto Quotes
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I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.
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Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.
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No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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There are signs that the Arab states are beginning to realize that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to the entire region, and not just to Israel.
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There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
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The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
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My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.
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I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.
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I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and computers. I'm much more about what I'm hearing and what it needs to be like. I deal with songs and ideas and instruments.
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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
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We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
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Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new respect for humanity. And I believe that it's also helped me to grow as a person. It's been one of the biggest blessings and expressions that I could have ever been gifted with.
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Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.
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Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting.
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We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame May McFettridge got me up on-stage.
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I dealt with legal questions in the interest of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP and its members during the difficult years of struggle for the victory of the Movement.
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Standup is just dirtier, a far more risque kind of thing.
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No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own.
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The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest.
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I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.
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Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.
