John Wilbanks Quotes
Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases.
Quotes to Explore
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I played cello in my high school orchestra.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.
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We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow. A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions.
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I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective.
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People that know me know I'm very good about doing my own thing and minding my own business.
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I get recognized for 'The Killing' all the time. People yell out, 'I hope you didn't kill her!' They yell that out in the street.
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Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases.
