John Corabi Quotes
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People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silver - a brand-new precious metal. In fact, aluminum became more precious than gold and silver in the 19th century because it was harder to obtain.
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There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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Clothes are such a strong part of who a human being is.
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The difficulty for the Government is there's this ideological straitjacket of the market will provide, let the market rip and everything will work out... It's back to trickle-down economics, which, it's plain to see, have not delivered.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.
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It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
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I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people.
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Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.
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I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.
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A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced.
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My comedy isn't going to solve problems; I'm not that deep.
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In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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I've studied a technique called the Sanford Miesner technique, that teaches you how to focus. It's mainly about daydreaming. And the technique's really about imaginary circumstances. Using your imagination to sort of daydream about stuff. It makes you emotional in a scene.
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My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his career. So it's funny how torches get passed on, and you feel a responsibility to be connected to the music that they did and try to carry it on in your own way.
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The limitations of archaeology are galling. It collects phenomena, but hardly ever can isolate them so as to interpret scientifically; it can frame any number of hypotheses, but rarely, if ever, scientifically prove.
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I had toured so much in the 1960s and 1970s that I wanted a break. I didn't go back touring until 1995.
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
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Touring is very tough.
