John Hall Quotes
I've had two callers ask, 'Did you ever work for someone who is poorer than you are?' Their idea is it takes a rich person to give you a job because jobs are something that are given to you, an inferior, from on high.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl!
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled labor.
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I don't Twitter or blog. I'm bad at small talk, and don't have good 'chat'. Talk to me about publishing, and I can go on for hours.
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If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.
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My mom, who was a constant fixture at work with me until I was 18 years old, did an amazing job filtering out all the things a kid didn't need to see or hear on film sets. So, acting was just a fun, breezy, extracurricular activity for me.
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I don't really go through a process, it goes through me.
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Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh give me back my heart!
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I've had two callers ask, 'Did you ever work for someone who is poorer than you are?' Their idea is it takes a rich person to give you a job because jobs are something that are given to you, an inferior, from on high.
