Henry St. John Quotes
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their peculiar costumes and their customs, are full of interest, and the latter are of remarkable beauty and quaintness.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds, remember who does them favors, who doesn't.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.
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My family are my friends.
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I can get obsessed by anything if I look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
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Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although 'Tsotsi' the book was written in the '60s, it was only published in the '80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.
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I was the first advertising person who people could identify with.
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The world is a harum-scarum place.' 'Harum?' Sunny asked. It's complicated and confusing,' Olivia explained. They say that long ago it was simple and quiet, but that might be a legend.
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The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.
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Over the vistas broke a cold gray light, such as seen in those false dawns that are neither night nor true morning, when the world and all its contents seem but shapes of mist, formed in vain hope and desire... If you awake from troubled sleep at such a time, you can only sit by the window and think of those that have been lost to you, those that followed your parents into those cold and heartless regions below the grass, silent and dark. Eventually, morning comes and the world resumes its solidity, but another tiny thread of ice has been stitched into your heart forever.
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What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!
