John Templeton Quotes
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
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To me, a bag in a tree is like a flag of chaos, and when I remove it, I'm capturing the flag of the other side. In the end, it doesn't matter how ironic or serious or even effective on a larger scale bag snagging may be.
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Many places in the Bronx seem hidden in shadows, just as the Bronx itself is in Manhattan's shadow. And dark stories develop best in dark shadows.
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Because my parents are Indian, everybody speaks Hindi to me, and I have no idea what they are saying.
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Is it ever too late for a sequel?
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I don't often do a lot of that kind of research, but when it's something specific like 'Oz' - which I fortunately did not have a lot of experience with - I will. I read 'The Hot House,' about being on the inside at Leavenworth prison.
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I want to bring that old soul back, the meaningful lyrics and all of that. And I can't think of a better way to do that than through Motown.
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The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.
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Life is never free of contradictions.
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I love that sense of release as you throw yourself into the crowd as hundreds of arms are carrying you.
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A thief believes everybody steals.
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I'm a big online everything. But for me, shopping online started with music, obviously, then it went onto books, meditation CDs, and I just recently bought these electronic cigarettes. My husband is trying to quit smoking, so I went online and I bought those BluCigs cigarettes in every flavor for him.
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Monty Python never directly said, 'We're liberals' - they just did their sketches, and you had to figure it out. Generally, they were anti-establishment, of course, making fun of the people in power. I think, comedians, that's their job - pointing out what other people might not notice and going, 'Yoo-hoo, over here.'
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Good luck is a residue of preparation.
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I treat the act of making a record very much like working in a laboratory, experimenting with sounds and ideas... Whoever chooses to latch onto it, great; whoever doesn't, that's fine, too. The reaction always pales in comparison to the weight of the act of production.
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String theory seems to be incompatible with a world in which a cosmological constant has a positive sign, which is what the observations indicate.
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The time of year I love the weather the most here is the fall, and I've never really gotten to experience the mountains and Denver in the fall because I was always playing and traveling.
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If you forget your history, you forget who you are.
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It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs.
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We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.
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The force that keeps the planets revolving around the sun would be glad to handle the circumstances of your life, if only you would ask him to.
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Morality is but the vestibule of religion.
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I am truly at my happiest not when I am writing an aria for an actor or making a grand political or social point. I am at my happiest when I've figured out a fun way for somebody to slip on a banana peel.
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Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.
