John Mellencamp Quotes
Broadway is a very different kind of place. It's kind of like Nashville in that there's a certain amount of people that are involved, and those people are what run it.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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People trash talk me.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!'
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Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them.
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We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do.
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I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.
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I swear to God, my career is like this weird origami thing.
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Broadway is a very different kind of place. It's kind of like Nashville in that there's a certain amount of people that are involved, and those people are what run it.
