John Mellencamp Quotes
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I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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First, we will focus on the privatization of small and medium sized enterprises, followed by the medium size industry and then we will move on to the heavy industry.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.
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It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.
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I can't bear kissing scenes.
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
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I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
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I don't personally do movies for myself and a faction of very cerebral cinephiles - I do it for everybody and wish for the largest amount of people to relish whatever they find they can relish in.
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We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.
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I am going to take a long, hard look at when we think we should start up.
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To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
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I am just pitifully nostalgic. I can't help but roll my eyes at myself frequently. I mean, I still shoot black-and-white film. And I am constantly reminiscing about the 'good old days.' I'm 28 years old. There haven't even been that many 'good old days.' But still, I love to look back.
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I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would like to have some
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This is about black people selling out other black people.
