John Whiting Quotes
Football's my No. 1 love, but basketball's right up there also. This job has prepared me for any other job I take.
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There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I love all things Christmas.
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I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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I've perfected the art of busting on people. That's how comedians show each other love.
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If anyone is ever rude to you, then there's no need to hang out with them! Just find the people that make you feel good.
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Big History's not going to replace existing educational courses. It's not an attack on specialisation. It is simply the argument that specialisation needs to be complemented with an overview, which I think is scientific commonsense.
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My mother and father come from that post-Depression, middle-of-World-War -I kind of thinking that says, 'Find a practical job. You know what I mean, Mr. Big Shot? So, you can sing a song ...'
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I don't have any particular loyalties to one technique or another. I'm just trying to use the best for the job.
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Football's my No. 1 love, but basketball's right up there also. This job has prepared me for any other job I take.
