John Wells Quotes
As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.
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I'm so excited to be working on 'Doctor Who,' as it's such a big and important part of British culture.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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So far, I'm known for doing more commercial and glamorous roles. But I don't mind doing a short film.
Jacqueline Fernandez -
I knew I would be running with so many people watching all over the world because of him. People love Bolt. He has many fans out there because of his great achievements and breaking world records in Olympics. I've done the same and it's a great honour. I'm happy and I'm happy for him.
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
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One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and think about your actions and their consequences and why you're there. And I think now, it turns more into - the minute you go there, it's just survival.
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Comics as art. I do comics as comics, and my opportunity to tell stories. Simple. Basic. Let the characters have the excitement, not the package. That's where I come from.
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As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.
