John Wells Quotes
I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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The world is too violent right now.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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Warwick Davies is a cracking actor. The opening scene in the last 'Harry Potter' film, where he plays a captured Griphook, is mesmerising. His pacing is sublime, and the menace and regret he builds into the scene is fantastic.
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There are 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico. So, just like we're quick to go everywhere else and help, we expect that same of America for Puerto Rico. These are U.S. citizens!
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I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it.
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I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of feed off of each other.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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As with Google, Facebook was a place that just concentrated a lot of top talent. It's just sort of natural that those people would go on and continue to be successful.
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I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.
