John Thorn Quotes
As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green.
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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I don't want to be known as an item dancer. I want to be known as an actress only.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I've learned never say never.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
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I'm a little bit of a control freak.
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Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned the importance of fit and quality. We were making shoes like they used to, by hand, and I carried that with me.
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I hate big models.
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I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.
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Kazan is a performer's director, the best director I ever worked with... Most actors don't get any help from directors. Emotional help, if you're playing an emotional part. Kazan is the only one I know who really gives you help.
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Somewhere, over the rainbow, Way up tall, There's a land where they've never heard of cholesterol.
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If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This area of darkness is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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I was asked why I did not give a rod with which to fish, in the hands of the poor, rather than give the fish itself as this makes them remain poor. So I told them: The people whom we pick up are not able to stand with a rod. So today I will give them fish and when they are able to stand, then I shall send them to you and you can give them the rod. That is your job. Let me do my work today.
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As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green.
