John Mellencamp Quotes
We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.
Quotes to Explore
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And 'Top Gear's really the easiest thing to do because I'm with my pals. It's like coming home with my friends. We're having so much fun making the show.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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Young Joel Benenson supported - well, I - you know, look, I supported Bobby Kennedy, not Eugene McCarthy in '68. I mean, that's where I landed.
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I'm not optimistic at all, nor am I pessimistic.
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L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.
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I grew up in Philadelphia in a time where we took it for granted that we were supposed to be young and gifted and black. It was a culture of excellence - and all my friends were more talented than I was.
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We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.
