John Sykes Quotes
It's like a record that you really like and then still like it 10 years later. It doesn't sort of get old and wear out on you. It still stands the test of time.
Quotes to Explore
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
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What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.
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I've played quite a large spectrum of teenaged girls, from psychotic to very sweet to a polygamist.
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I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing.
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I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a typical experience or not, because it's all I know.
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I think almost everything about humans and human civilization is explained better by evolution than anything else.
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There's a tiny number of Bitcoin wizards and an enormous number of smart developers that have no onramp to Bitcoin. We need to make that onramp easier.
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Faith is important to me.
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The waves of religion based on terrorism in the 1990s are based on the tormented response of a mutilated Muslim society whose progressive forces have been savagely emasculated. Why on earth is the Arab world so hostile to women? Why can it not see women as a force for development?
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When I was sent the script for 'Homeland,' I didn't think anything of it. Three months later, my manager rang and said: 'They are interested in you.' I read it and I realised, 'Yes, I do want this.' Then I got an email saying I'd got it.
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Tim Burton is an artist who has had a huge influence on me. I definitely share his sensibility. It's a joyful approach to darkness.
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I am extremely pained by the methodology adopted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in coming to some figures which have no basis whatsoever. Their exercise was fraught with very serious errors.
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I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for me because we wanted the chance to work together.
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It's like a record that you really like and then still like it 10 years later. It doesn't sort of get old and wear out on you. It still stands the test of time.
