John Wooden Quotes
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.
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Every song I write is autobiographical and is about people, and that's one of the things that gets complicated. You have to decide where's your place as a songwriter.
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I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.
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I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
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I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.
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It is as though a puzzle could be put together simply by shaking its pieces.
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The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
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There's a statue of Jimmy Stewart in the Hollywood Wax Museum, and the statue talks better than he does.
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There's always a host of voices you're inspired by. I love Don DeLillo, and I love Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I love Beckett, and I love Pinter. He's one of the funniest voices in English literature since Dickens.
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Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
