John Baizley (John Dyer Baizley) Quotes
Drawing from art history and mythology allows me to connect with viewers in a familiar, yet loose visual framework. Blending disparate histories and themes can give the overall presentation a recognizable, yet unique flavor.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
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My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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I have a lot of blurring between fiction and non-fiction in so many of my works. For example, my first novel, 'When Nietzsche Wept,' has a great deal of non-fiction in it. I didn't create many characters at all. Almost all of them are historical characters that actually existed.
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I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.
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I'm a normal guy.
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People should not judge me on what they hear. Let them wait and see me in action. Then they will see how I serve my people.
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If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
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I was having a conversation with my father and he was talking about this thing - strangeness and charm. It's actually the name of the two smallest particles that there are when you split the atom, so I wrote a song around it. I even managed to fit the word 'hydrogen' in there. Isn't that a nice thing for scientists to call them though?
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I love being in a public space where teenagers are talking. And the funny thing is that it hasn't changed that much. There's certainly slang that I'm not familiar with, but among the average teen, it's still the same.
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Competition is all in numbers; it's a numbers game, but I looked at it like it's a passion, and it's art.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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I'd most prefer to be a free agent and fight up to six times a year, but that is unlikely.
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Drawing from art history and mythology allows me to connect with viewers in a familiar, yet loose visual framework. Blending disparate histories and themes can give the overall presentation a recognizable, yet unique flavor.
