Mahavishnu John McLaughlin Quotes
In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.
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I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
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It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
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I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist helping me to figure it out.
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To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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As with the subjects in all of my films, the incentive is left to the subject to determine on their own. I never ask someone why they say yes to me. After all, if you invited someone to join you for dinner, and they accepted your invitation, your next question wouldn't be, 'Why are you saying yes?'
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In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled.
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To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.
