John Mellencamp Quotes
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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The small are always dependent on the great; they are 'small' precisely because they think they are independent. The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other 'greats' and who can transform it in an original manner.
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If technology is not a metaphor for memory, what is it?
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I agree with Scott Turow: A courtroom is inherently dramatic. You walk into court - it's like an ER, you know? Life and death is going on there. And it's moment-by-moment, and it's packed with energy. And even though you think you know what a witness is going to say, you can be wrong. Witnesses surprise you.
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I've never been much into picking things apart.
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Take your love and your pleasure as you find it. Do not worry so much of the future that you let today pass you by. you are happy. need you know more than that?
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In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
