J. B. Priestley Quotes
Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an instrument.
Quotes to Explore
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I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
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Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off... we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
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In 1956, I received an invitation to a dedication of an observatory in the Soviet Union, in Soviet Armenia, as a guest of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
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It's funny because everyone says, 'Oh you're reclusive; you don't do social media,' but it's not about being reclusive. I like direct contact, and I like contact that's purposeful.
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If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.
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Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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I fail every once in a while, but failing is your first attempt at learning. I'm not worried about it.
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My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.
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I love to sing. I'm learning guitar right now.
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Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
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Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an instrument.
