John Wilson Quotes
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.
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There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, 'What do I do?' he'd tell me. And that's what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust.
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I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I enjoy about the sport is that it's definitive. Nobody can take away from the fact that you're an Olympian. It's indisputable. You get there on merit and merit alone.
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles.
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The cemetery is an open space among the ruins covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
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My personal way to be a hero... is to be a vegetarian.
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I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.
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Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity.
