John Vanbrugh Quotes
When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.
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You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love. God moved toward you in gracious, outgoing love, and you move toward others in that same outgoing love.
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Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.
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When we shot 'The Lord of the Rings,' we had special permission to film in wild areas of New Zealand that could be accessed only by helicopter. They would drop us off and we would work all day, and they'd pick us up and take us out again.
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I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear 'The Stranger.' 'You May Be Right' may be one of the greatest songs ever written.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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I started out doing musicals.
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It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that's dangerous comedy.
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I read, I gossip, I do crosswords. I think chatting with friends is relaxing. I've picked them up all through my life - if you live long enough, you end up with quite a large circle.
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Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they turn blue.
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For me, it's all about the Canadian tuxedo, and maybe a bolero. The province I grew up in in Alberta is pretty much the denim capital of Canada. The first premier of Alberta started Grand Western Garment, which Levi's bought later on.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!
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Nothing beats a great smile.
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There is a figure that is adored, but I'd question very strongly that it's me.
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In the human lung, there are millions of air foils, just like aeroplane wings, which facilitate normal breathing.
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The casino is the only human venture I know where the probabilities are known, Gaussian (i.e., bell-curve), and almost computable.
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I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard? I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records.
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I quite clearly remember driving home at 9 a.m., after shooting all day, in a bathrobe, with bodypaint all over my face, and going through McDonald's drive-thru. I ordered a coffee to make sure I didn't crash on the way home. And the girl working there, she didn't even bat an eyelid. I guess it's a regular thing down in Hastings McDonald's.
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I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.
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A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.
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When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.
