John W. Thompson Quotes
I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.
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Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it.
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In reality, the universe is neutral about our existence. Only dogs care.
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The Republican Party`s reacting now to the news of [Donald] Trump`s dominance in different ways. For some, they are pushing resistance.
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I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life.
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I've had three of my own children and spent my professional life thinking about children. And yet I still find my relation to my children deeply puzzling.
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I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.
