John Zimmerman Quotes
Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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Bling is good.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.
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If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn't worry me, but, of course, I would be pleased if people liked my work.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.
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I'm pretty boring.
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Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.
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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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Affluence means influence.
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Writing is the beast unto itself.
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Sweet Stay-at-Home, sweet Well-content,Thou knowest of no strange continent;Thou hast not felt thy bosom keepA gentle motion with the deep;Thou hast not sailed in Indian seas,Where scent comes forth in every breeze.
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Sure, politics ain't bean-bag. 'Tis a man's game, an' women, childer, cripples an' prohybitionists 'd do well to keep out iv it.
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Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility.
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Nothing's ever real until it's real.
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Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street.
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Most British people are keen to remain in a European free trade zone; and most EU states are keen to keep us there, because we buy from them more than we sell to them to the tune of £40 million per day.
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There's nobody who loves being around actors working more than David Mamet, especially actors bringing his tremendous dialogue to life. I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave.
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Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival.
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Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.
