John Yarmuth Quotes
When your voice contradicts reality and truth, the only way to create space for it is to discredit reality and truth.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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I have over 2 million followers now on Google Plus.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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My whole thing is feel free to hate me – I so don't care if you hate me, but meet me, and listen to my record, and know me before you hate me.
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I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
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The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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Facts, when combined with ideas, constitute the greatest force in the world. They are greater than armaments, greater than finance, greater than science, business and law because they constitute the common denominator of all of them.
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The centre of the tragedy, therefore, may be said with equal truth to lie in action issuing from character, or in character issuing in action.
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The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
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I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.
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When your voice contradicts reality and truth, the only way to create space for it is to discredit reality and truth.
