John Van Hamersveld Quotes
In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image in a circle. Combining my abstract drawing with the headline 'Crazy World Ain't It' created an emblem and became a button.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
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Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
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I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I'm evangelical.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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America is the greatest country in the whole world.
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I love to prune. I have a physical need to do things.
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I am not thinking about life after football, but I know it will be another life, another world.
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No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
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Technology and production can be great benefactors of man, but they are mindless instruments, and if undirected they careen along with a momentum of their own. In our country, they pulverize everything in their path - the landscape, the natural environment.
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In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image in a circle. Combining my abstract drawing with the headline 'Crazy World Ain't It' created an emblem and became a button.
