John Corabi Quotes
I had a few friends that were with me before I was in Motley that were there after I was in Motley, and it wasn't that many.
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If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this particular tunnel. It's the nature of the beast, and it's a part of what compels us. Every movie is a new lesson you learn making your way through it.
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You have to follow that next step.
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Let us choose to believe something good can happen.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
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If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.
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Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
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In 1962 I wrote for 'Jazz News,' using the pseudonym Manfred Manne, which I picked because of a jazz drummer with that name. I later dropped the 'e.'
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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I like girls who want to get up and dance and don't mind singing in front of my family - you know, silly stuff. Some girls won't eat in front of boys or won't go bowling. They just want to go out and look pretty. I don't really get that. I want someone who is up for having a good time.
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We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.
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Of course it looks bad when you're not executing. When things go bad, it's not going to look good.
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If I ever score against Spurs, I won't celebrate. Even if it's the best goal in the world, I'll keep it subdued. It's a respect thing. The fans were brilliant towards me; I'll be playing against my friends and I can't forget that.
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When other people first became aware of the cow, they expressed concern and anxiety. They suggested strategies for getting the animal out of Molly's parlor: remedies and doctors and procedures, some mainstream and some New Age. They related anecdotes of friends who had removed their own cows in one way or another. But after a while they had exhausted their suggestions. Then they usually began to pretend that the cow wasn't there, and they preferred for Molly to go along with the pretense.
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If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
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I had a few friends that were with me before I was in Motley that were there after I was in Motley, and it wasn't that many.
